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Jackson Public School District, MS

138,519 Population
104.1 square miles 1,330.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hinds County: 37.7 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$27,310 ±$2,476 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hinds County: $29,753 ±$1,765
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$44,031 ±$3,994 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Hinds County: $50,249 ±$4,727
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560
  • about half the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

26.5% ±4.3% (35,558  ±5,733) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Hinds County: 22.3% † 45,154 (±3.3% / ±6,592)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.8 minutes ±0.6 (1,075,390  ±47,623) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Hinds County: 22.3 1,893,985 (±0.5 / ±58,588)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

59,492 ±2,432 Number of households
  • Hinds County: 90,060 ±2,227
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (133,629  ±1,403) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Hinds County: 2.3 203,086 (±0.1 / ±282)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

10.3% ±4% (3,584  ±1,399) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Hinds County: 8.2% † 4,286 (±3% / ±1,566)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

73,771 ±2,096 Number of housing units
  • Hinds County: 106,464 ±126
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$106,200 ±$10,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Hinds County: $163,300 ±$12,217
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.6% ±4.3% (25,170  ±5,833.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Hinds County: 14.5% † 30,322 (±3% / ±6,306.2)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.3% ±5% (81,586  ±5,091.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Hinds County: 90% 127,528 (±4.4% / ±6,275.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
27.5% ±3% (25,095  ±2,863.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Hinds County: 30.1% 42,589 (±2.6% / ±3,714.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

2.6% ±1% (3,597  ±1,411) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Hinds County: 2.5% 5,232
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5% ±1.2% (5,303  ±1,262) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Hinds County: 5.2% † 8,444 (±0.9% / ±1,447)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
5,303 Total veterans ±1,262 4,888 Male ±1,215 415 Female ±279

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