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Jackson Public School District, MS

138,911 Population
104.1 square miles 1,334.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Hinds County: 37.5 ±0.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3

Economics

$25,646 ±$1,704 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hinds County: $28,492 ±$1,268
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
$41,610 ±$4,129 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Hinds County: $50,904 ±$1,908
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260

26.8% ±3.6% (35,910  ±4,817) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hinds County: 20.4% † 42,111 (±2.4% / ±4,955)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)

20.1 minutes ±0.6 (1,127,885  ±46,333) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hinds County: 22.9 2,009,815 (±0.6 / ±61,300)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,916,530 (±0.2 / ±312,711)

Families

58,731 ±2,300 Number of households
  • Hinds County: 88,687 ±2,246
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
2.3 ±0.1 (133,681  ±2,119) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hinds County: 2.3 206,052 (±0.1 / ±61)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,845,770

4% ±2.1% (1,439  ±759) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hinds County: 4.6% † 2,449 (±1.8% / ±932)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)

Housing

73,476 ±2,303 Number of housing units
  • Hinds County: 106,439 ±33
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165

$103,800 ±$14,762 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Hinds County: $164,200 ±$9,288
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842

11.3% ±2.2% (15,622  ±3,040.9) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Hinds County: 11.2% † 23,931 (±2.1% / ±4,461.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)

Social

84.3% ±4.9% (77,092  ±5,082.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Hinds County: 87.6% 124,567 (±4.3% / ±6,098.3)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
28.1% ±2.7% (25,677  ±2,593.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hinds County: 30.8% 43,783 (±2.4% / ±3,348.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 25.5% 505,672 (±0.6% / ±11,494.4)

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

1% ±0.3% (1,317  ±415) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Hinds County: 1.7% 3,617
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% 75,165

3.8% ±1.2% (4,068  ±1,221) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Hinds County: 5.7% † 9,342 (±1% / ±1,718)
  • about half the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
4,068 Total veterans ±1,221 2,964 Male ±885 1,104 Female ±773

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