Official Name: | Sharon, Jones County, Mississippi |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Sharon |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Jones |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [1] |
Area Total Km2: | 22.23 |
Area Land Km2: | 22.18 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.04 |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 8.58 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 8.56 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.02 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 1344 |
Population Density Km2: | 60.59 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 156.94 |
Timezone: | Central (CST) |
Utc Offset: | -6 |
Timezone Dst: | CDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
Coordinates: | 31.7894°N -89.0983°W |
Elevation Ft: | 315 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Area Code: | 601 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 28-66840 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 0677615 |
Sharon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jones County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,344 at the 2020 census.[2] It is part of the Laurel micropolitan statistical area.
Sharon is in northeastern Jones County and is bordered to the north by Jasper County. It is 7miles north of Laurel, the largest city in Jones County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the Sharon CDP has a total area of 22.2km2, of which 0.04km2, or 0.20%, are water.[2]
White (NH) | 1,159 | 86.24% | |
Black or African American (NH) | 122 | 9.08% | |
Native American or Alaska Native (NH) | 1 | 0.07% | |
Asian (NH) | 1 | 0.07% | |
Some Other Race (NH) | 1 | 0.07% | |
Mixed/Multi-Racial (NH) | 28 | 2.08% | |
Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 2.38% | |
Total | 1,344 |