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Jackson, MS Metro Area

605,803 Population
6,014.2 square miles 100.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$34,748 ±$1,178 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$64,835 ±$2,839 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.3% ±1.6% (89,093  ±9,184) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

24.9 minutes ±0.8 (6,342,910  ±260,894) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

241,889 ±3,638 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.4 ±0 (584,249  ±2,476) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.9% ±1.4% (10,256  ±2,066) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

275,182 ±1,637 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$210,000 ±$8,763 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.8% ±1.4% (70,721  ±8,571) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.3% ±2.4% (366,649  ±10,159.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.5% ±1.5% (133,539  ±6,191.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent 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

3.2% ±0.5% (19,435  ±3,169) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.9% ±0.5% (22,939  ±2,275) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
22,939 Total veterans ±2,275 21,318 Male ±2,197 1,621 Female ±661

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