The population of Jackson county is estimated at 48,292. In 2017 there were 497 births and 607 deaths in Jackson county. Jackson county has 6,623 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,257 that are owned free and clear and 4,537 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jackson County filed 18,250 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Florida filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Jackson had a combined total federal tax liability of $116,529,000 on earned income of $777,640,000. Other notable statistics from Jackson County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $808,000 and 1,990 charitable contributions valued at $15,416,000. 1,800 filings from Jackson County paid a combined total of $3,771,000 in property taxes and 1,440 filings paid $9,278,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jackson county had 145 religious congregations with an estimated 23,692 members.
14.0% of the Jackson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 43% of Jackson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 57 votes.
At $41,524 the median income is 79.0% of the Florida average. An estimated 770 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jackson, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Jackson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,799	Retail trade
1,796	Health care and social assistance
1,044	Accommodation and food services
1,002	Food services and drinking places
608	Limited-service restaurants
485	General merchandise stores
485	Other general merchandise stores
461	Ambulatory health care services
459	Manufacturing
440	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
338	Wood product manufacturing
294	Full-service restaurants
292	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
273	Gasoline stations
260	General freight trucking

In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.54% in Jackson County.

In 2018 5.45% of listings in Jackson County.

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