The population of Jackson county is estimated at 64,978. In 2017 there were 850 births and 579 deaths in Jackson county. Jackson county has 12,314 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,115 that are owned free and clear and 4,914 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jackson County filed 28,960 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Georgia filings and 0.019% of the entire nation. Jackson had a combined total federal tax liability of $222,176,000 on earned income of $1,613,549,000. Other notable statistics from Jackson County were 640 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,503,000 and 8,480 charitable contributions valued at $45,744,000. 9,140 filings from Jackson County paid a combined total of $26,428,000 in property taxes and 8,390 filings paid $59,351,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jackson county had 90 religious congregations with an estimated 22,655 members.
19.7% of the Jackson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 42% of Jackson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 3,387 votes.
At $63,422 the median income is 113.0% of the Georgia average. An estimated 1,275 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jackson, the equivalant of around 3.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Jackson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,420	Manufacturing
2,594	Retail trade
2,013	Transportation and warehousing
1,928	Food manufacturing
1,515	Warehousing and storage
1,182	Health care and social assistance
1,015	Accommodation and food services
987	Restaurants and other eating places
953	Wholesale trade
840	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
696	Clothing stores
669	Limited-service restaurants
631	Machinery manufacturing
542	Food and beverage stores
538	Grocery stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.04% in Jackson County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 30548, 30517 and 30549).

In 2018 13.11% of listings in Jackson County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 30529, 30549, 30548 and 30517) dropped their price.

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