The population of Jackson county is estimated at 11,602. In 2017 there were 104 births and 149 deaths in Jackson county. Jackson county has 1,806 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,913 that are owned free and clear and 1,070 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jackson County filed 4,550 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Tennessee filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Jackson had a combined total federal tax liability of $24,919,000 on earned income of $173,830,000. Other notable statistics from Jackson County were 220 unemployment claims which collected a total of $749,000 and 330 charitable contributions valued at $1,696,000. 360 filings from Jackson County paid a combined total of $521,000 in property taxes and 310 filings paid $1,906,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jackson county had 49 religious congregations with an estimated 3,458 members.
8.1% of the Jackson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 22.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 38% of Jackson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 269 votes.
At $36,815 the median income is 71.7% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 244 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jackson, the equivalant of around 5.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Jackson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
102	Retail trade
93	Finance and insurance
34	Food services and drinking places
34	Restaurants and other eating places
31	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
21	Ambulatory health care services
20	Social assistance
20	Gasoline stations
20	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
0	Utilities
0	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
0	Automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores
0	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
0	Building material and supplies dealers
0	Other building material dealers

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