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Jackson, MS

141,376 Population
111.7 square miles 1,265.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 39 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3

Economics

$27,523 ±$2,417 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $34,748 ±$1,178
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $32,749 ±$563
$44,516 ±$3,892 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $64,835 ±$2,839
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $59,127 ±$1,560

26.3% ±4.2% (35,894  ±5,731) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 15.3% † 89,093 (±1.6% / ±9,184)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 17.8% 507,719 (±0.8% / ±23,283)

19.9 minutes ±0.6 (1,119,840  ±49,131) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25 6,201,435 (±0.3 / ±105,750)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.6 29,988,504 (±0.2 / ±320,846)

Families

60,638 ±2,418 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 241,889 ±3,638
  • Mississippi: 1,176,690 ±8,112
2.2 ±0.1 (136,058  ±80) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.4 584,249 (±0 / ±2,476)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 2,855,600

10.1% ±3.9% (3,620  ±1,399) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6.9% † 10,256 (±1.4% / ±2,066)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 5.9% 41,094 (±0.6% / ±3,992)

Housing

74,917 ±2,001 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 275,182 ±1,637
  • Mississippi: 1,359,223 ±158

$110,200 ±$10,065 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $210,000 ±$8,763
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Mississippi: $186,500 ±$3,787

18.4% ±4.2% (25,403  ±5,830.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.8% † 70,721 (±1.4% / ±8,571)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 310,194 (±0.6% / ±16,408.2)

Social

89.6% ±5% (83,478  ±5,169.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 89.3% 366,649 (±2.4% / ±10,159.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 88% 1,745,605 (±1.1% / ±22,402.3)
27.4% ±3% (25,491  ±2,881.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 32.5% 133,539 (±1.5% / ±6,191.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 27% 535,919 (±0.6% / ±12,398.2)

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

2.6% ±1% (3,677  ±1,427) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 3.2% † 19,435 (±0.5% / ±3,169)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 2.7% 79,645

4.9% ±1.2% (5,303  ±1,262) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 4.9% 22,939 (±0.5% / ±2,275)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.3% 141,422 (±0.3% / ±6,255)
5,303 Total veterans ±1,262 4,888 Male ±1,215 415 Female ±279

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