The population of Jackson county is estimated at 14,851. In 2017 there were 202 births and 126 deaths in Jackson county. Jackson county has 1,691 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,213 that are owned free and clear and 1,380 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jackson County filed 6,410 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Jackson had a combined total federal tax liability of $51,668,000 on earned income of $350,657,000. Other notable statistics from Jackson County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,345,000 and 670 charitable contributions valued at $4,265,000. 700 filings from Jackson County paid a combined total of $2,475,000 in property taxes and 510 filings paid $3,242,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jackson county had 36 religious congregations with an estimated 10,148 members.
18.3% of the Jackson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 36% of Jackson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 257 votes.
At $49,350 the median income is 83.4% of the Texas average. An estimated 294 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jackson, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Jackson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
511	Retail trade
303	Health care and social assistance
258	Accommodation and food services
226	Restaurants and other eating places
168	Gasoline stations
164	Limited-service restaurants
140	Food and beverage stores
134	Professional, scientific, and technical services
124	Wholesale trade
112	Finance and insurance
109	Transportation and warehousing
107	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
107	Administrative and support services
71	Truck transportation
70	Credit intermediation and related activities

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