The population of Jackson county is estimated at 141,550. In 2017 there were 1,611 births and 1,336 deaths in Jackson county. Jackson county has 23,349 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 14,073 that are owned free and clear and 14,783 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jackson County filed 60,540 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 4.9% of all Mississippi filings and 0.041% of the entire nation. Jackson had a combined total federal tax liability of $467,679,000 on earned income of $3,227,398,000. Other notable statistics from Jackson County were 1,750 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,322,000 and 12,820 charitable contributions valued at $63,706,000. 11,660 filings from Jackson County paid a combined total of $26,737,000 in property taxes and 10,320 filings paid $64,386,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jackson county had 195 religious congregations with an estimated 70,757 members.
20.7% of the Jackson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 32% of Jackson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 3,825 votes.
At $49,699 the median income is 114.0% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 3,451 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jackson, the equivalant of around 5.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Jackson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
15,152	Manufacturing
12,394	Transportation equipment manufacturing
12,394	Ship and boat building
4,828	Retail trade
3,135	Restaurants and other eating places
2,541	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,757	Ambulatory health care services
1,700	Limited-service restaurants
1,545	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,455	General merchandise stores
1,344	Full-service restaurants
1,148	Employment services
1,000	Finance and insurance
829	Food and beverage stores
768	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.28% in Jackson County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 39565, 39564 and 39553).

In 2018 13.63% of listings in Jackson County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 39565, 39562, 39553, 39567 and 39564) dropped their price.

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