Jackson, MS

General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2836000, place: Jackson city, Mississippi)

Total Population: 184,256
Male: 85,656 (46.49%)
Female: 98,600 (53.51%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 14,438 (7.84%)
5 to 9 years: 15,053 (8.17%)
10 to 14 years: 14,388 (7.81%)
15 to 19 years: 15,418 (8.37%)
20 to 24 years: 16,015 (8.69%)
25 to 34 years: 26,751 (14.52%)
35 to 44 years: 26,944 (14.62%)
45 to 54 years: 22,215 (12.06%)
55 to 59 years: 7,086 (3.85%)
60 to 64 years: 5,887 (3.2%)
65 to 74 years: 10,105 (5.48%)
75 to 84 years: 7,161 (3.89%)
85 years and over: 2,795 (1.52%)

Median age: 31 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 131,713 (71.48%)
21 years and over: 121,431 (65.9%)
62 years and over: 23,525 (12.77%)
65 years and over: 20,061 (10.89%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 131,713 (71.48%)
--Male: 59,124 (32.09%)
--Female: 72,589 (39.4%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 20,061 (10.89%)
--Male: 7,415 (4.02%)
--Female: 12,646 (6.86%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 183,019 (99.33%)
--White: 50,679 (27.5%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,451 (0.79%)
--Black or African American: 130,151 (70.64%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 236 (0.13%)
--Asian: 1,056 (0.57%)
----Asian Indian: 476 (0.26%)
----Chinese: 222 (0.12%)
----Filipino: 61 (0.03%)
----Japanese: 26 (0.01%)
----Korean: 50 (0.03%)
----Vietnamese: 156 (0.08%)
----Other Asian: 65 (0.04%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 24 (0.01%)
----Native Hawaiian: 9 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 1 (0%)
----Samoan: 8 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 6 (0%)
--Some other race: 344 (0.19%)
Two or more Races: 1,237 (0.67%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 1,451 (0.79%)
--Mexican: 670 (0.36%)
--Puerto Rican: 138 (0.07%)
--Cuban: 71 (0.04%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 572 (0.31%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 182,805 (99.21%)
--White Alone: 50,679 (27.5%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 177,055 (96.09%)
--Householder: 67,841 (36.82%)
--Spouse: 23,993 (13.02%)
--Child: 59,882 (32.5%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 42,992 (23.33%)
--Other relatives: 15,826 (8.59%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 8,265 (4.49%)
--Nonrelatives: 9,513 (5.16%)
----Unmarried partner: 4,034 (2.19%)
Living in group quarters: 7,201 (3.91%)
--Institutionalized Population: 2,485 (1.35%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 4,716 (2.56%)
Total households: 67,841
Family households (families): 44,488 (65.58%)
----With own children under 18 years: 22,859 (33.69%)
--Married-couple families: 23,993 (35.37%)
----With own children under 18 years: 10,953 (16.15%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 17,178 (25.32%)
----With own children under 18 years: 10,374 (15.29%)
Nonfamily households: 23,353 (34.42%)
--Householder living alone: 19,596 (28.89%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 6,083 (8.97%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 26,732 (39.4%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 14,496 (21.37%)
Average household size: 2.61 people
Average family size: 3.24 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 75,678
Occupied housing units: 67,841 (89.64%)
Vacant housing units: 7,837 (10.36%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 268 (0.35%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 2.2%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 11.7%
Occupied housing units: 67,841 (89.64%)
Owner occupied housing units: 39,328 (51.97%)
Renter occupied housing units: 28,513 (37.68%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.68 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.51 people

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