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Jackson County
147,002Population
2.6 %Change since 2020
1,045Net migration
3.7 %Unemployment rate
Facts
- Population
- 147,002 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 2.6 %
- Net migration
- 1,045 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.7 % (2025)
- State
- Mississippi
- Population base, April 2020
- 143,246 (2020)
- Births
- 1,568 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.7
- Deaths
- 1,635 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 11.1
- Natural change, 2023
- -67
- International migration
- 304 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 741 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 7.1
- Postal code
- MS
- FIPS code
- 28059
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.7 % |
| 2024 | 3.0 % |
| 2023 | 2.9 % |
| 2022 | 3.7 % |
| 2021 | 5.3 % |
| 2020 | 8.5 % |
| 2019 | 5.6 % |
| 2018 | 5.3 % |
| 2017 | 5.5 % |
| 2016 | 6.2 % |
| 2015 | 7.1 % |
| 2014 | 8.1 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 147,002 |
| 2023 | 146,165 |
| 2022 | 145,218 |
| 2021 | 144,482 |
| 2020 | 143,378 |