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Jackson, MS Urban Area

333,212 Population
237.2 square miles 1,405 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$36,467 ±$1,619 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,763 ±$3,804 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.6% ±2% (46,954  ±6,472) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

22.3 minutes ±0.8 (3,304,045  ±191,825) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

138,465 ±3,885 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.3 ±0.1 (322,811  ±7,136) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8% ±2.2% (6,755  ±1,883) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

156,439 ±2,733 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$220,200 ±$9,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

14.1% ±2.3% (46,279  ±7,464.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.2% ±2.9% (205,926  ±8,212.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
37.2% ±2% (83,021  ±4,959.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as 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

3.3% ±0.6% (10,860  ±2,007) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.8% ±0.7% (12,321  ±1,813) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,321 Total veterans ±1,813 11,475 Male ±1,798 846 Female ±444

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