Sharkey County, Mississippi

2024 results by precinct

10 precincts · 1,766 votes cast

Harris · D+37

Harris +50

Trump +50

Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.

38 presidential elections

Year	Won	Margin	Democratic	Republican	Total
2024	D	+36.8%	1,201	551	1,766
2020	D	+35.6%	1,465	688	2,183
2016	D	+35.9%	1,479	692	2,190
2012	D	+41.3%	1,782	737	2,532
2008	D	+37.0%	1,907	873	2,795
2004	D	+14.2%	1,560	1,120	3,093
2000	D	+21.8%	1,706	1,074	2,903
1996	D	+25.2%	1,566	906	2,619
1992	D	+18.8%	1,526	1,008	2,752
1988	D	+11.2%	1,609	1,277	2,970
1984	D	+6.9%	1,723	1,487	3,398
1980	D	+31.8%	1,957	996	3,021
1976	D	+10.6%	1,283	1,024	2,449
1972	R	−36.7%	655	1,426	2,099
1968	D	+30.0%	972	249	2,409
1964	R	−79.4%	128	1,116	1,244
1960	R	−5.0%	263	313	1,007
1956	D	+11.7%	308	211	832
1952	R	−21.5%	388	600	988
1948	D	+1.7%	23	10	778
1944	D	+93.4%	698	24	722
1940	D	+95.3%	747	18	765
1936	D	+97.6%	567	7	574
1932	D	+99.8%	551	0	552
1928	D	+85.9%	475	36	511
1924	D	+81.2%	353	34	393
1920	D	+94.0%	228	7	235
1916	D	+94.5%	246	6	254
1912	D	+91.7%	157	3	168
1908	—	No data	—	—	—
1904	—	No data	—	—	—
1900	D	+80.0%	186	18	210
1896	D	+77.8%	194	22	221
1892	D	+76.3%	135	13	160
1888	—	No data	—	—	—
1884	—	No data	—	—	—
1880	—	No data	—	—	—
1876	—	No data	—	—	—

Demographics

Race, ethnicity, and ancestry

Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.

American

100.0%

African American

60.6%

Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.

Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.

American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.

Age distribution by sex

Median age: 38.4 in this county, 39.1 nationally

Male

Age

Female

0.3%

85+

0.8%

2.0%

75–84

3.0%

5.3%

65–74

6.8%

6.7%

55–64

8.2%

4.8%

45–54

3.4%

4.4%

35–44

9.5%

6.3%

25–34

3.3%

7.6%

18–24

4.3%

9.1%

5–17

8.7%

3.3%

2.2%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Median household income

2024 inflation-adjusted dollars

$40,000

Sharkey County ranks in the bottom 5% of US counties.

Sharkey County$40,000

Mississippi$56,447

United States$80,734

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Poverty rate

All persons below federal poverty line

30.9%

Children face moderate poverty.

Children under 1818.0%

Working age (18–64)100.0%

Seniors (65+)18.0%

Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.

Language at home

Population aged 5 and older

0.0%

speak English only

Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.

Religious adherents

Adherents per capita by tradition

Baptist

36.7%

Methodist

12.7%

Other Christian

8.5%

Mainline Protestant

1.5%

Catholic & Orthodox

0.8%

Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 39.8% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Sharkey County's heavily Black majority population — among the highest proportions in Mississippi — anchors a Democratic lean that has held across multiple election cycles, even as surrounding Delta counties have shifted toward Republicans.

The unraveling was not abrupt. The Democratic margin in Sharkey County peaked at 100 points in 1932; it narrowed steadily over the late twentieth century. The 1976 election delivered the county to the Republican party for the first time in many years, by a margin of eleven points. By 2024, the margin had settled into deep Republican territory.

The economic and demographic context is severe. Sharkey County's median household income of $40,000 is among the lowest of any county in the United States; 31% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Norfolk city and Dallas County.

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For twenty years, Sharkey County voted Republican. Then it stopped.