2022 population: 160,066 ( 182 from 2010 , 309 from 2020)
Land area: 701.9 square miles
Population density: 228.0 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	134,145	83.81%	2.5%
Black:	12,747	7.96%	1.5%
Indian:	569	0.36%	9.2%
Asian:	1,405	0.88%	22.3%
2+ races:	4,802	3.00%	39.3%
Hispanic:	6,398	4.00%	32.3%

Total non-White:	25,921	16.19%	14.4%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	3,790	11.8
Deaths:	4,482	14.0
Net Migration:	228	0.7
Net Immigration:	92	0.3

Change in White population:	-3,443	-2.1
Change in Non-White pop.:	3,261	2.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
160,248
137,588	85.86%
12,560	7.84%
521	0.33%
1,149	0.72%
3,448	2.15%
4,837	3.02%
22,660	14.14%

2000
158,422
138,528	87.44%
12,396	7.82%
588	0.37%
890	0.56%
2,353	1.49%
3,493	2.20%
19,894	12.56%

1990
149,756
134,636	89.90%
11,804	7.88%
612	0.41%
559	0.37%
n/a
2,145	1.43%
15,120	10.10%

1980
151,495
137,538	90.79%
10,840	7.16%
605	0.40%
760	0.50%
n/a
1,580	1.04%
13,957	9.21%

1970
143,274
132,718	92.63%
8,399	5.86%
175	0.12%
180	0.13%
n/a
1,574	1.10%
10,556	7.37%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
19,051	12.0
14,022	8.9
-3,603	-2.3
876	0.6

-940	-0.6
2,766	1.7

Number	Rate
1990's
21,329	14.2
13,905	9.3
1,396	0.9
479	0.3

3,892	2.6
4,774	3.2

Number	Rate
1980's
21,359	14.1
12,801	8.4
-9,795	-6.5
n/a

-2,902	-1.9
1,163	0.8

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-3,720	-2.6
n/a

4,820	3.4
3,401	2.4

Age, Family & Household Data for Jackson County, MI

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
41.1
33,839	21.1%
126,227	78.9%
29,241	18.3%

62,059
2.43

38,978	62.8%
28,533	73.2%
4,027	10.3%
23,081	37.2%

2010
Number	Percent
39.7
37,195	23.2%
123,053	76.8%
22,679	14.2%

60,771
2.48

40,920	67.3%
29,700	72.6%
4,786	11.7%
19,851	32.7%

2000
Number	Percent
36.6
40,616	25.6%
117,806	74.4%
20,465	12.9%

58,318
2.54

41,166	70.6%
32,150	78.1%
4,287	10.4%
17,152	29.4%

1990
Number	Percent
33.4
38,658	25.8%
111,098	74.2%
18,505	12.4%

53,891
2.61

39,211	72.8%
31,418	80.1%
3,856	9.8%
14,680	27.2%

1980
Number	Percent
29.8
44,090	29.1%
107,405	70.9%
15,081	10.0%

50,899
2.82

38,961	76.5%
32,933	84.5%
3,163	8.1%
11,938	23.5%

2022 Housing Data for Jackson County, MI

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,720	4.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	2,815	4.5%
$15,000 to $19,999	2,589	4.2%
$20,000 to $24,999	2,494	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	3,129	5.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,504	4.0%
$35,000 to $39,999	3,078	5.0%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,047	4.9%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,463	4.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	5,148	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	6,614	10.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	8,523	13.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	6,088	9.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	3,518	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	4,134	6.7%
$200,000 or more	3,195	5.1%

Median Household Income	62,581
Per Capita Income	33,065

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	100
Compared to U.S.	85

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	3,451	5.6%
Public Assistance	1,496	2.4%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	8,734	14.1%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	63,121	64.6%
Unemployed	4,365	4.5%
In Armed Forces	191	0.2%

Total Labor Force	67,677	69.3%
Not in Labor Force	29,993	30.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.2%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	26,385	21,493	55.1%
Non-Profit	2,053	4,752	30.2%
Self-Employed	3,729	2,280	62.1%

Local Government	1,788	2,991	37.4%
State Government	1,235	1,719	41.8%
Federal Government	337	465	42.0%

Total Private + Self	30,114	23,773	55.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	5,413	9,927	35.3%
Total	35,527	33,700	51.3%

Pct. Govt.	12.3%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	10,232	14.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	13,885	20.0%
Professional, Technical	13,794	19.9%
Service Occupations	12,533	18.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	202	0.3%
All others	18,820	27.2%

White Collar		54.7%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	13,537	19.5%
Health care and social assistance	11,295	16.3%
Retail trade	6,413	9.3%
Educational services	5,648	8.2%
Accommodation and food services	5,006	7.2%
Construction	4,482	6.5%
Other services	3,652	5.3%
Public administration	3,384	4.9%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	2,574	3.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	2,546	3.7%
Finance and insurance	2,305	3.3%
Transportation and warehousing	2,039	2.9%
Utilities	1,485	2.1%
Wholesale trade	1,257	1.8%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,074	1.6%
Information	926	1.3%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	901	1.3%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	667	1.0%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	52	0.1%
Management	21	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	4,531	2.82%
Puerto Rican	557	0.35%
Cuban	296	0.18%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	135	0.08%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	72	0.04%
Honduran	37	0.02%
Nicaraguan	17	0.01%
Panamanian	9	0.01%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	377	0.23%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	18	0.01%
Chilean	21	0.01%
Colombian	248	0.15%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	50	0.03%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	40	0.02%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	220	0.14%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	478	0.30%
Korean	287	0.18%
Filipino	188	0.12%
Chinese	99	0.06%
Japanese	76	0.05%
Vietnamese	32	0.02%
Hmong	22	0.01%
Taiwanese	12	0.01%
Thai	2	0.00%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	147,016	96.8%
Spanish	2,337	1.5%
Other Indo-European	915	0.6%
Other Asian	285	0.2%
Arabic	252	0.2%
German, other Germanic	243	0.2%
Other	240	0.2%
Korean	184	0.1%
Chinese	131	0.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	34,556	21.5%
English	31,865	19.8%
Irish	22,369	13.9%
Polish	11,556	7.2%
American	7,955	5.0%
French	4,588	2.9%
Italian	4,428	2.8%
Scottish	3,752	2.3%
European	3,366	2.1%
Dutch	3,214	2.0%
French Canadian	1,698	1.1%
Scotch-Irish	1,376	0.9%
Norwegian	1,317	0.8%
Swedish	1,286	0.8%
Canadian	1,096	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	159,037	99.0%
Not a citizen	1,600	1.0%

Native	157,475	98.0%
Foreign-born	3,162	2.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
1,991	1.8%	6,969	6.2%	39,774	35.5%	38,189	34.1%	16,714	14.9%	8,495	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.2

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	1,991	1.8%
9-12 Years	6,969	6.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	39,774	35.5%
Some College	38,189	34.1%
Bach. Degree	16,714	14.9%
Grad Degree	8,495	7.6%
Average years of education: 13.2

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	71,454	66,353	5,101	7.1%	7.7%
1991	69,979	63,758	6,221	8.9%	9.3%
1992	71,004	64,191	6,813	9.6%	9.1%
1993	73,061	67,158	5,903	8.1%	7.3%
1994	74,802	69,749	5,053	6.8%	6.1%
1995	74,468	70,446	4,022	5.4%	5.3%
1996	75,143	71,472	3,671	4.9%	4.9%
1997	76,000	72,691	3,309	4.4%	4.3%
1998	76,038	73,372	2,666	3.5%	4.0%
1999	77,145	74,742	2,403	3.1%	3.8%

2000	79,143	76,344	2,799	3.5%	3.6%
2001	80,141	75,811	4,330	5.4%	5.2%
2002	78,105	72,939	5,166	6.6%	6.2%
2003	77,461	71,342	6,119	7.9%	7.1%
2004	78,060	72,350	5,710	7.3%	7.0%
2005	78,418	73,074	5,344	6.8%	6.8%
2006	78,074	72,261	5,813	7.4%	7.0%
2007	77,491	71,536	5,955	7.7%	7.1%
2008	76,333	69,952	6,381	8.4%	8.2%
2009	76,000	65,948	10,052	13.2%	13.1%

2010	73,954	65,197	8,757	11.8%	12.2%
2011	72,456	65,573	6,883	9.5%	10.0%
2012	71,833	65,789	6,044	8.4%	9.0%
2013	72,368	66,462	5,906	8.2%	8.7%
2014	73,167	68,293	4,874	6.7%	7.2%
2015	73,385	69,458	3,927	5.4%	5.4%
2016	74,612	70,963	3,649	4.9%	5.0%
2017	74,365	70,954	3,411	4.6%	4.6%
2018	74,607	71,660	2,947	4.0%	4.2%
2019	74,645	71,919	2,726	3.7%	4.1%

2020	74,075	67,407	6,668	9.0%	9.9%
2021	71,930	67,825	4,105	5.7%	5.8%
2022	73,791	70,491	3,300	4.5%	4.2%
2023	75,244	72,215	3,029	4.0%	3.9%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	69,095
Median Value	$166,700

Occupied	62,059	89.8%
Vacant	7,036	10.2%

Owned	46,194	74.4%
Rented	15,865	25.6%
Median Rent	$920

Single-Family Units	53,716	77.7%
Detached	52,171	75.5%
Attached	1,545	2.2%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,838	9.9%
Mobile Homes	4,225	6.1%

Jackson County, MI

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Jackson County, MI

2022 Housing Data for Jackson County, MI

2022 Income & Employment Data for Jackson County, MI

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Jackson County, MI

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Jackson County, MI

Historical Labor Force Data for Jackson County, MI