The population of Jackson county is estimated at 158,215. In 2017 there were 1,711 births and 1,599 deaths in Jackson county. Jackson county has 30,530 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 14,102 that are owned free and clear and 16,139 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jackson County filed 70,940 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.5% of all Michigan filings and 0.048% of the entire nation. Jackson had a combined total federal tax liability of $562,345,000 on earned income of $3,792,659,000. Other notable statistics from Jackson County were 3,220 unemployment claims which collected a total of $10,683,000 and 11,940 charitable contributions valued at $55,156,000. 14,470 filings from Jackson County paid a combined total of $45,481,000 in property taxes and 12,340 filings paid $73,452,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jackson county had 162 religious congregations with an estimated 48,756 members.
21.1% of the Jackson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Jackson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 244 votes.
At $50,895 the median income is 92.8% of the Michigan average. An estimated 3,515 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jackson, the equivalant of around 4.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Jackson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
9,060	Health care and social assistance
8,414	Manufacturing
7,003	Retail trade
4,788	Accommodation and food services
4,365	Food services and drinking places
4,038	Restaurants and other eating places
3,196	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
2,546	Ambulatory health care services
2,504	Professional, scientific, and technical services
2,390	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,233	Administrative and support services
2,127	Full-service restaurants
1,933	General merchandise stores
1,860	Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,831	Motor vehicle parts manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.91% in Jackson County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 49203, 49230, 49240 and 49201).

In 2018 15.60% of listings in Jackson County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 49240, 49201, 49230 and 49203) dropped their price.

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