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Jackson, MS

149,813 Population
111.7 square miles 1,341 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 38.4 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 38.6 ±0.3

Economics

$21,684 ±$1,509 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $29,987 ±$1,094
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Mississippi: $26,941 ±$502
$35,070 ±$2,606 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $54,123 ±$2,383
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Mississippi: $48,716 ±$1,242

32.2% ±4.1% (46,447  ±5,904) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 18.7% 105,844 (±1.4% / ±8,100)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 19.4% 554,152 (±0.6% / ±18,347)

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

62,140 ±2,120 Number of households
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 228,001 ±3,545
  • Mississippi: 1,129,611 ±8,212
2.3 ±0.1 (144,114  ±1,078) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5 564,343 (±0 / ±4,037)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mississippi: 2.5 2,865,632 (±0)

4.2% ±1.9% (1,652  ±758) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 4% † 5,699 (±0.9% / ±1,231)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 5.3% † 36,472 (±0.6% / ±3,806)

Housing

74,637 ±2,038 Number of housing units
  • the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 259,901 ±2,196
  • Mississippi: 1,332,041 ±222

$101,500 ±$11,310 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: $178,100 ±$6,453
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Mississippi: $145,600 ±$3,278

17.5% ±3.1% (25,856  ±4,627.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 11.5% † 66,924 (±1.4% / ±7,904.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Mississippi: 10.7% 311,090 (±0.6% / ±17,072.1)

Social

86.8% ±4.9% (84,508  ±5,165.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 88.5% 350,016 (±2.6% / ±10,636.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Mississippi: 86.5% 1,702,178 (±1.1% / ±22,542.5)
29% ±3% (28,275  ±2,972.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 33% 130,582 (±1.7% / ±6,720.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Mississippi: 24.8% 487,663 (±0.6% / ±12,449)

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

1.8% ±0.7% (2,737  ±1,010) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 2.5% † 14,852 (±0.4% / ±2,029)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 2.1% 62,859 (±0.2% / ±4,621)

5.4% ±1.2% (6,150  ±1,428) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Jackson, MS Metro Area: 6.2% † 27,740 (±0.6% / ±2,844)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Mississippi: 6.9% 155,272 (±0.3% / ±7,247)
6,150 Total veterans ±1,428 5,365 Male ±1,369 785 Female ±502

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