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Jackson, Mississippi QuickFacts

	Jackson, Mississippi	United States
Total population	184,256	281,421,906
State	Mississippi
City	jackson

Jackson, Mississippi Population

	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
Male	85,656	46.49%	49.06%
Female	98,600	53.51%	50.94%
Median age (years)	31.0		35.3

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	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
18 years and over	131,713	71.48%	74.31%
21 years and over	121,431	65.9%	69.97%
62 years and over	23,525	12.77%	14.66%
65 years and over	20,061	10.89%	12.43%

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	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
White	51,208	27.79%	75.14%
Black or African American	130,151	70.64%	12.32%
Asian	1,056	0.57%	3.64%
Some other race	604	0.33%	5.46%
Two or more races	1,237	0.67%	2.43%

Jackson, Mississippi Housing

	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
Total households	67,841		105,480,101
Family households (families)	44,488	65.58%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	23,353	34.42%	31.94%

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	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
Total housing units	75,665		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	7,837	10.36%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	67,841	89.66%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	39,328	51.98%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	28,513	37.68%	30.77%

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	Jackson, Mississippi	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	12,077	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	17,186	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	4,153	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	1,730	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	1,204	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	725	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	219	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	80	0.57%
Median (dollars)	64,400	119,600

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	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	15,319	22.58%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	19,547	28.81%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	9,726	14.34%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	8,563	12.62%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	7,391	10.89%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	7,259	10.7%	9.65%

Jackson, Mississippi Education

	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	58,360		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	4,601	7.88%	6.47%
Kindergarten	3,349	5.74%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	24,560	42.08%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	11,328	19.41%	21.38%
College or graduate school	14,522	24.88%	22.81%

Jackson, Mississippi Economy

	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
Population 16 years and over	137,200		217,168,077
In labor force	85,349	62.21%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	85,198	62.1%	63.39%
- - Employed	77,632	56.58%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	7,566	5.51%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	8.9		5.8
- Armed Forces	151	0.11%	0.53%
Not in labor force	51,851	37.79%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	75,129	54.76%	51.66%
In labor force	44,116	32.15%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	44,090	32.14%	29.65%
- - Employed	40,205	29.3%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	15,654	11.41%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	10,668		12,787,501

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	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	67,782		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	11,415	16.84%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	5,901	8.71%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	10,934	16.13%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	9,617	14.19%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	10,756	15.87%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	10,081	14.87%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	4,158	6.13%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,561	3.78%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	808	1.19%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	1,551	2.29%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	30,414		41,994

	Jackson, Mississippi	%, Jackson, Mississippi	United States
With earnings	54,487	39.71%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	45,314		56,604
With Social Security income	16,549	12.06%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,134		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	4,861	3.54%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,777		6,320
With public assistance income	3,283	2.39%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	2,397		3,032
With retirement income	9,817	7.16%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	17,415		17,376

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