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Jackson, MS

146,019 Population
111.7 square miles 1,307.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.9 ±0.2

Economics

$27,489 ±$1,843 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $32,674 ±$1,082
  • a little less than the amount in Mississippi: $29,045 ±$408
$40,631 ±$2,743 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $58,064 ±$2,254
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $52,719 ±$895

25.6% ±3.8% (35,933  ±5,392) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 17% 94,502 (±1.3% / ±7,229)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.2% 544,104 (±0.6% / ±17,010)

20.6 minutes ±0.4 (1,299,860  ±44,084) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 25 6,229,995 (±0.4 / ±125,554)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 25.4 30,048,524 (±0.2 / ±328,460)

Families

62,149 ±2,505 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 224,102 ±3,918
  • Mississippi: 1,148,340 ±8,056
2.3 ±0.1 (140,528  ±286) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 557,176 (±0.1 / ±2,670)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 † 2,846,324 (±483.8 / ±-555,555,600)

4.9% ±1.9% (1,883  ±725) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 4.7% † 6,546 (±0.9% / ±1,291)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.8% 40,116 (±0.6% / ±3,909)

Housing

76,474 ±1,777 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 260,162 ±1,565
  • Mississippi: 1,342,764 ±204

$114,700 ±$9,937 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $188,700 ±$9,447
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $162,500 ±$2,357

19.3% ±4.3% (27,763  ±6,258.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 12% † 69,109 (±1.5% / ±8,829.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 11.1% 322,436 (±0.6% / ±16,363.2)

Social

88.9% ±5.1% (84,068  ±5,267.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 89.1% 347,940 (±2.4% / ±9,748.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 87.6% 1,719,796 (±1.1% / ±21,253.8)
30.4% ±2.9% (28,687  ±2,795.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 33% 129,045 (±1.5% / ±5,846)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.8% 486,186 (±0.6% / ±11,778.8)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

1.5% ±0.6% (2,232  ±897) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.6% † 14,872 (±0.4% / ±2,246)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 2.2% † 65,448 (±420.6% / ±4,520)

4.3% ±1% (4,704  ±1,070) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 5.8% 26,121 (±0.5% / ±2,397)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Mississippi: 6.5% 146,793 (±0.3% / ±6,250)
4,704 Total veterans ±1,070 4,317 Male ±971 387 Female ±255

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