County profile
Sharkey County, MS
United States · GDP 2024
#3046 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 21% of counties
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$106.6M
BEA · 2024
GDP growth (YoY)
-24.9%
BEA · 2024
Jobs tracked
655
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
95
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$38.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
3,097
Census PEP · 2025
Labor, income & education
Unemployment
6.5%
Median HH income
$40.0k±$10.3k
Bachelor's degree+
16.1%±4.0%
Poverty rate
30.9%±7.4%
Business applications
53 · 2025
Retail establishments
14
43.8/10k pop
Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.
HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care37%
Retail trade22%
Other services14%
Wholesale trade13%
Finance & insurance8%
Food & accommodation7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
3,097
residents · 2025 · -17.9% since 2020
Income per capita $55.7k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−529
International migration+0
Natural change−150
GDP trend
2019–2024 · nominal
$97.0M2019
$106.3M2020
$130.7M2021
$129.1M2022
$142.0M2023
$106.6M2024
Real estate & risk
FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$98.0k±$18.2k
Median gross rent
$623/mo±$79/mo
Vacancy rate
13.8%±4.3%
Affordability
2.6× wages
Residential permits
$0
0 units · 0.0/1k pop
FEMA risk score
15.8
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$842/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Drought 90Hurricane 64Ice storm 50
RESIDENTIAL PERMITS · 2021–2025
02021
02022
02023
02024
02025
Transport access
BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
58.7 km
I-20
Nearest freight rail
33.8 km
CN
Nearest port
23.5 km
BUNGE NORTH AMERICA, MAYERSVILLE, GRAIN ELEVATOR DOCK
Nearest commercial airport
69.1 km
GREENVILLE MID-DELTA
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$38.0k
avg. annual pay · +28% since 2019
Similar US counties
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What is the GDP of Sharkey?
Sharkey's economy produced $106.6M in 2024, contracting 24.9% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.