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Jackson, MS
141,449 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 2836000 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, Jackson ranked #333 of 340 cities and 12th of 14 in its peer group, on 6 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is Jackson and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Knoxville TN, Shreveport LA, Baton Rouge LA, Mobile AL, Birmingham AL, Augusta GA, Savannah GA, Beaumont TX, Waco TX, Chattanooga TN, Columbus GA, Dayton OH, Akron OH · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #333 of 340 cities · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #280 | #314 | #314 | #301 | #290 | #311 | #289 | #312 | #334 | #320 | #326 | #327 | #333 | #336 | #338 | #323 | #330 | #336 | #333 | #327 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 179,508 | 179,729 | 177,011 | 174,742 | 173,647 | 173,698 | 175,149 | 174,822 | 172,927 | 172,014 | 170,901 | 169,022 | 166,823 | 163,772 | 160,628 | 153,004 | 149,414 | 145,782 | 143,485 | 141,449 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #329 of 340 cities · 14th of 14 in its peer group | -0.9 | -0.0 | -1.7 | -1.5 | -0.8 | — | +0.3 | -0.7 | -1.3 | -1.0 | -1.1 | -1.3 | -1.4 | -2.2 | -2.2 | -0.4 | -2.0 | -2.4 | -1.7 | -1.6 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #253 of 271 cities with data · 7th of 7 in its peer group with data | 0.4 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | — | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | — | 0.4 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #307 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | 25.0% | 26.5% | 25.9% | 26.8% | 26.9% | 26.4% | 27.4% | 27.8% | 29.0% | 26.1% | 29.2% | 24.6% | 25.2% | 24.2% | 26.4% | — | 31.8% | 28.9% | 28.0% | 29.7% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #296 of 298 cities with data · 9th of 9 in its peer group with data · 2019 | 21.2 | 22.3 | 26.0 | 36.1 | 21.3 | 23.6 | 29.7 | 36.0 | 28.9 | 35.5 | 31.0 | 34.3 | 36.0 | 47.6 | 47.3 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| jobs · size, not ranked | 122,299 | 121,515 | 120,670 | 120,426 | 117,990 | 116,572 | 114,422 | 120,761 | 118,550 | 114,656 | 118,772 | 117,511 | 116,971 | 115,567 | 110,230 | 105,148 | 102,498 | 102,438 | 103,030 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #289 of 329 cities with data · 12th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | +0.2 | -1.5 | -1.6 | -0.4 | +0.5 | -1.6 | -2.5 | +2.6 | -3.6 | -1.6 | +0.4 | -2.5 | -0.6 | -1.4 | -2.9 | -0.6 | -2.7 | -2.7 | -2.4 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 72,109 | 69,219 | 73,420 | 70,272 | 69,252 | 74,054 | 71,878 | 73,619 | 69,084 | — | 62,298 | 62,575 | 66,200 | 64,311 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #311 of 340 cities · 13th of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 12.1% | 14.9% | 12.7% | 11.4% | 10.9% | 12.8% | 12.6% | 10.5% | 9.3% | — | 10.9% | 7.3% | 7.9% | 7.5% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #55 of 314 cities with data · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | 25% | 26% | 32% | 31% | 27% | 27% | 25% | 18% | 17% | 23% | 27% | 27% | 21% | 25% | 26% | 27% | 35% | 24% | 30% | 36% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #155 of 314 cities with data · 7th of 14 in its peer group | $2,784 | $3,350 | $3,083 | $3,351 | $3,103 | $3,190 | $2,916 | $2,519 | $2,860 | $3,634 | $3,632 | $3,508 | $3,403 | $3,305 | $3,199 | $3,201 | $3,326 | $3,299 | $2,918 | $2,713 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for Jackson. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.