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Jackson, MS

143,633 Population
111.7 square miles 1,286.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 39.3 ±0.3

Economics

$26,062 ±$1,695 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $33,670 ±$1,356
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $30,807 ±$569
$42,336 ±$3,653 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $58,592 ±$3,154
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $54,203 ±$1,260

26.1% ±3.5% (36,079  ±4,803) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 15.8% 92,458 (±1.2% / ±7,205)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 18% 512,184 (±0.8% / ±21,949)

20.3 minutes ±0.5 (1,225,245  ±47,765) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25.1 6,149,205 (±0.4 / ±125,368)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 29,946,516 (±0.2 / ±313,109)

Families

60,636 ±2,361 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 240,218 ±3,538
  • Mississippi: 1,166,617 ±7,610
2.3 ±0.1 (137,989  ±69) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.4 585,427 (±0 / ±2,537)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.4 † 2,845,770 (±,476.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4% ±2% (1,487  ±767) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.3% † 7,807 (±1.3% / ±1,893)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 5.6% † 38,972 (±0.6% / ±4,001)

Housing

75,848 ±2,250 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 271,350 ±1,608
  • Mississippi: 1,350,552 ±165

$110,600 ±$13,432 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $211,000 ±$6,787
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $169,800 ±$2,842

11.1% ±2.1% (15,837  ±3,043.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.9% † 71,800 (±1.3% / ±7,634.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Mississippi: 10.5% 305,979 (±0.5% / ±14,727.4)

Social

84.9% ±4.9% (80,318  ±5,196.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.9% 364,710 (±2.4% / ±10,082.8)
  • a little less than the rate in Mississippi: 87.8% 1,737,718 (±1.1% / ±21,525.5)
29% ±2.7% (27,409  ±2,690.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 31.7% 129,946 (±1.4% / ±5,671)
  • 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% (1,425  ±443) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5% † 15,035 (±0.3% / ±1,875)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 2.6% † 75,165 (±,483.2% / ±4,781)

4% ±1.2% (4,427  ±1,283) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.9% 27,446 (±0.6% / ±2,731)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 156,102 (±0.3% / ±6,129)
4,427 Total veterans ±1,283 3,323 Male ±934 1,104 Female ±773

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