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Jackson, MS Urban Area

331,332 Population
237.2 square miles 1,397.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,193 ±$1,413 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$56,724 ±$3,292 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.4% ±1.7% (52,470  ±5,489) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

21.9 minutes ±0.9 (3,180,365  ±195,801) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

138,453 ±3,144 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0.1 (319,524  ±5,960) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

3.9% ±1.4% (3,236  ±1,213) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

158,059 ±2,839 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$211,000 ±$9,970 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.8% ±1.7% (41,967  ±5,632.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

90.3% ±3.2% (204,464  ±8,123.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
36.9% ±2% (83,564  ±4,802.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.5% ±0.5% (8,306  ±1,554) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

5.8% ±0.9% (15,089  ±2,290) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,089 Total veterans ±2,290 12,529 Male ±2,097 2,560 Female ±1,031

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