† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupJacksonMississippiUnited States
African American†80.4%35.3%9.9%
African1.1%0.8%0.5%
Nigerian0.3%—0.2%
English2.8%10.6%9.5%
American2.5%10.0%5.3%
Irish2.2%7.4%9.4%
German1.3%5.1%12.5%
Scottish0.6%1.6%1.3%
Italian0.4%1.7%4.8%
Scotch-Irish0.4%1.0%—
French0.4%1.7%1.6%
Mexican1.3%1.9%11.3%
Honduran0.5%0.2%0.3%
Puerto Rican0.2%0.3%1.8%
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Jackson
Mississippi
United States
Median age
34.5
38.6
39.1
Age 18–24
11.2%
9.7%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
15.0%
17.3%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Jackson
Mississippi
United States
Median household income
$42,071
$56,447
$84,427
Poverty rate
27.9%
19.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
28.8%
25.3%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Jackson
Mississippi
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
3.0%
4.3%
22.3%
Spanish
2.4%
2.7%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Jackson
Mississippi
United States
Catholic
—
3.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
39.0%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
40.7%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Jackson, Mississippi
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+46.6%
2008
+61.6%
2012
+64.2%
2016
+68.3%
2020
+69.9%
2024
+68.4%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
83.5%Harris44,162
15.1%Trump7,990
1.4%
D+68.4
R+1.5
D+69.9
52,898
D
84.3%Biden53,543
14.4%Trump9,121
1.4%
D+69.9
D+1.6
D+65.5
63,538
D
83.3%Clinton51,416
14.9%Trump9,214
1.8%
D+68.3
D+4.1
D+66.2
61,757
D
81.8%Obama60,977
17.6%Romney13,103
0.7%
D+64.2
D+2.6
D+60.3
74,576
D
80.4%Obama59,727
18.8%McCain13,975
0.7%
D+61.6
D+15.0
D+54.3
74,254
D
72.9%Kerry43,445
26.3%Bush15,654
0.8%
D+46.6
—
D+49.1
59,590
Jackson's electorate is roughly 80% Black, producing some of the widest Democratic margins of any mid-sized American city, even as the surrounding metro counties trend sharply in the opposite direction.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 69.9 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 1.5 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 68.4 points.
A population of 146,631, a 14% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $42,071 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Birmingham and Savannah.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Jackson, Mississippi voted Democratic by 68.4 points (D+68.4), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 52,898 votes cast, 44,162 went Democratic and 7,990 went Republican.
How many people live in Jackson, Mississippi?
Jackson, Mississippi has a population of 146,631 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Jackson, Mississippi?
Median household income in Jackson, Mississippi is $42,071 — below the national median of $80,734. The Mississippi state median is $56,447.
What is the political history of Jackson, Mississippi?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Jackson, Mississippi from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
