| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 2 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:51 PM |
| Population: | 4,353 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 28125 |
| Land Area: | 624 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 3 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 32.9422, -90.8783 |
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4,353 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 624 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 5,020 to 4,353 from 2014 to 2024 — a -13.3% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 3 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 38765 (Panther Burn, $67,344 median) and poorest ZIP 38721 (Anguilla, $31,385) are 10.8 miles apart — a 2.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.2× across this county — from $51,400 in 39054 (Cary) to $110,700 in 39159 (Rolling Fork).
Density varies 202× across the county — from 6 people/sq mi in 39159 (Rolling Fork) to 1,202 in 38765 (Panther Burn).
Educational attainment ranges from 12.4% bachelor's+ in 39159 (Rolling Fork) to 40.0% in 38765 (Panther Burn) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Mississippi, this is the #81 most populous of 82 counties and ranks #49 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $43,037 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
15.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (446 of 2,917 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 2 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.
Sharkey County lost 13.3% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: