2024 population: 578,512 ( 13,443 from 2020)
Land area: 5405.1 square miles
Population density: 107.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	260,574	45.04%	2.9%
Black:	283,676	49.04%	3.3%
Indian:	740	0.13%	5.0%
Asian:	9,076	1.57%	22.5%
2+ races:	6,147	1.06%	9.4%
Hispanic:	18,299	3.16%	11.7%

Total non-White:	317,938	54.96%	1.7%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	29,145	12.3
Deaths:	28,744	12.1
Net Migration:	-18,955	-8.0
Net Immigration:	5,132	2.2

Change in White population:	-7,831	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	-5,612	-0.9

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
591,955
268,405	45.34%
293,367	49.56%
779	0.13%
7,407	1.25%
5,620	0.95%
16,377	2.77%
323,550	54.66%

2010
567,122
270,989	47.78%
272,026	47.97%
839	0.15%
5,924	1.04%
4,304	0.76%
12,692	2.24%
296,133	52.22%

2000
525,346
272,840	51.94%
239,301	45.55%
650	0.12%
3,454	0.66%
2,732	0.52%
6,123	1.17%
252,506	48.06%

1990
472,447
265,293	56.15%
202,605	42.88%
434	0.09%
1,931	0.41%
n/a
2,184	0.46%
207,154	43.85%

1980
439,331
252,708	57.52%
181,758	41.37%
293	0.07%
1,095	0.25%
n/a
3,310	0.75%
186,623	42.48%

1970
360,643
211,397	58.62%
147,864	41.00%
196	0.05%
165	0.05%
n/a
916	0.25%
149,246	41.38%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
70,872	12.5
49,613	8.7
-18,706	-3.3
4,965	0.9

-2,584	-0.5
27,417	4.8

Number	Rate
2000's
78,438	14.9
44,081	8.4
8,884	1.7
2,843	0.5

-1,851	-0.4
43,627	8.3

Number	Rate
1990's
80,040	16.9
44,658	9.5
8,888	1.9
2,142	0.5

7,547	1.6
45,352	9.6

Number	Rate
1980's
79,944	18.2
38,754	8.8
-3,854	-0.9
n/a

12,585	2.9
20,531	4.7

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
31,413	8.7
n/a

41,311	11.5
37,377	10.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Jackson, MS Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
37.7
138,210	23.9%
440,302	76.1%
91,698	15.9%

224,729
2.52

146,527	65.2%
96,256	65.7%
20,358	13.9%
78,202	34.8%

2010
Number	Percent
34.8
147,937	26.1%
419,185	73.9%
63,910	11.3%

209,914
2.60

144,810	69.0%
91,929	63.5%
23,194	16.0%
65,104	31.0%

2000
Number	Percent
33.3
144,489	27.5%
380,857	72.5%
56,180	10.7%

189,992
2.65

135,430	71.3%
91,734	67.7%
21,266	15.7%
54,562	28.7%

1990
Number	Percent
31.1
134,382	28.4%
338,065	71.6%
52,321	11.1%

165,907
2.76

121,946	73.5%
89,126	73.1%
16,205	13.3%
43,961	26.5%

1980
Number	Percent
27.8
138,510	31.5%
300,821	68.5%
44,505	10.1%

145,714
2.93

111,720	76.7%
87,530	78.3%
12,376	11.1%
33,994	23.3%

2022 Housing Data for Jackson, MS Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	14,140	6.3%
$10,000 to $14,999	11,763	5.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	9,040	4.0%
$20,000 to $24,999	10,685	4.8%
$25,000 to $29,999	11,131	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	9,967	4.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	10,007	4.5%
$40,000 to $44,999	10,216	4.5%
$45,000 to $49,999	8,671	3.9%
$50,000 to $59,999	16,588	7.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	22,694	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	28,008	12.5%
$100,000 to $124,999	18,481	8.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	13,454	6.0%
$150,000 to $199,999	15,003	6.7%
$200,000 or more	14,881	6.6%

Median Household Income	60,883
Per Capita Income	33,192

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	82

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	15,854	7.1%
Public Assistance	5,035	2.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	27,553	12.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	244,015	66.0%
Unemployed	16,218	4.4%
In Armed Forces	905	0.2%

Total Labor Force	261,138	70.6%
Not in Labor Force	108,730	29.4%

Real Unemployment Rate		33.8%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	89,429	79,018	53.1%
Non-Profit	5,681	12,452	31.3%
Self-Employed	15,347	8,188	65.2%

Local Government	6,876	9,799	41.2%
State Government	10,702	19,595	35.3%
Federal Government	3,664	4,694	43.8%

Total Private + Self	104,776	87,206	54.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	26,923	46,540	36.6%
Total	131,699	133,746	49.6%

Pct. Govt.	20.8%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	38,393	14.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	55,639	20.9%
Professional, Technical	65,591	24.7%
Service Occupations	44,712	16.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	1,076	0.4%
All others	61,333	23.1%

White Collar		60.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	45,845	17.3%
Retail trade	29,852	11.2%
Educational services	25,134	9.5%
Manufacturing	24,295	9.1%
Public administration	19,200	7.2%
Accommodation and food services	18,115	6.8%
Construction	16,528	6.2%
Other services	13,786	5.2%
Transportation and warehousing	13,463	5.1%
Finance and insurance	12,871	4.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	11,884	4.5%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	9,407	3.5%
Wholesale trade	6,827	2.6%
Information	4,369	1.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	3,831	1.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	3,822	1.4%
Utilities	3,183	1.2%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,074	0.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	1,001	0.4%
Management	181	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	7,996	1.35%
Puerto Rican	895	0.15%
Cuban	543	0.09%
Dominican	195	0.03%

Total Central American	1,944	0.33%
Costa Rican	1	0.00%
Guatemalan	591	0.10%
Honduran	1,121	0.19%
Nicaraguan	67	0.01%
Panamanian	45	0.01%
Salvadoran	22	0.00%
Other Central American	97	0.02%

Total South American	956	0.16%
Argentinean	24	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	342	0.06%
Ecuadorian	87	0.01%
Paraguayan	61	0.01%
Peruvian	389	0.07%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	53	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,441	0.24%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	2,746	0.46%
Chinese	1,610	0.27%
Vietnamese	681	0.12%
Filipino	464	0.08%
Korean	351	0.06%
Japanese	224	0.04%
Thai	103	0.02%
Indonesian	71	0.01%
Laotian	37	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	533,592	95.9%
Spanish	12,817	2.3%
Other Indo-European	2,853	0.5%
Chinese	1,377	0.2%
Other Asian	930	0.2%
Arabic	904	0.2%
Other	875	0.2%
French, Haitian, Cajun	778	0.1%
German, other Germanic	738	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
English	45,210	7.6%
American	41,845	7.1%
Irish	34,594	5.8%
German	23,983	4.1%
European	15,611	2.6%
Scotch-Irish	8,335	1.4%
Scottish	7,940	1.3%
Italian	6,849	1.2%
French	6,670	1.1%
African	4,165	0.7%
British	2,452	0.4%
Dutch	2,418	0.4%
Polish	1,746	0.3%
Swedish	1,515	0.3%
Welsh	1,511	0.3%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	583,803	98.7%
Not a citizen	7,594	1.3%

Native	577,568	97.7%
Foreign-born	13,829	2.3%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
14,720	3.7%	30,731	7.8%	95,193	24.0%	126,540	31.9%	77,860	19.7%	51,087	12.9%
Average years of education: 13.6

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	14,720	3.7%
9-12 Years	30,731	7.8%
H.S. Grad or GED	95,193	24.0%
Some College	126,540	31.9%
Bach. Degree	77,860	19.7%
Grad Degree	51,087	12.9%
Average years of education: 13.6

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	479,184	451,618	27,566	5.8%
1991	479,652	449,038	30,614	6.4%
1992	482,396	453,052	29,344	6.1%
1993	489,600	463,278	26,322	5.4%
1994	500,122	475,790	24,332	4.9%
1995	506,070	482,780	23,290	4.6%
1996	514,298	492,044	22,254	4.3%
1997	521,890	500,108	21,782	4.2%
1998	528,746	506,674	22,072	4.2%
1999	523,276	500,740	22,536	4.3%

2000	533,544	507,628	25,916	4.9%
2001	539,612	514,662	24,950	4.6%
2002	535,550	506,942	28,608	5.3%
2003	547,604	519,492	28,112	5.1%
2004	562,426	532,624	29,802	5.3%
2005	558,934	524,554	34,380	6.2%
2006	547,456	519,172	28,284	5.2%
2007	550,286	521,080	29,206	5.3%
2008	549,590	518,142	31,448	5.7%
2009	542,988	500,546	42,442	7.8%

2010	548,492	500,484	48,008	8.8%
2011	568,352	520,570	47,782	8.4%
2012	563,074	519,626	43,448	7.7%
2013	540,096	500,050	40,046	7.4%
2014	530,622	495,860	34,762	6.6%
2015	540,950	510,828	30,122	5.6%
2016	548,882	520,588	28,294	5.2%
2017	550,480	525,144	25,336	4.6%
2018	546,478	522,192	24,286	4.4%
2019	548,736	521,190	27,546	5.0%

2020	535,510	494,286	41,224	7.7%
2021	532,256	505,188	27,068	5.1%
2022	533,834	514,780	19,054	3.6%
2023	529,714	514,700	15,014	2.8%
2024	542,838	527,412	15,426	2.8%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	257,891
Median Value	$171,935

Occupied	224,729	87.1%
Vacant	33,162	12.9%

Owned	151,669	67.5%
Rented	73,060	32.5%
Median Rent	$1,014

Single-Family Units	185,322	71.9%
Detached	181,083	70.2%
Attached	4,239	1.6%
Buldings with 5+ Units	33,085	12.8%
Mobile Homes	25,710	10.0%

Jackson, MS Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Jackson, MS Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Jackson, MS Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Jackson, MS Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Jackson, MS Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Jackson, MS Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Jackson, MS Metro Area