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Jackson

United States · GDP 2024
#1221 of 3,127 US counties by GDP42nd-percentile growthmore diversified than 9% of counties
EA Place Score
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$2.1B
GDP growth
+3.7%
Jobs tracked
13,444
Employers
876
Avg. wage
$47.8k
Population
54,281
Labor & formation
Unemployment
3.7%
Median HH income
$51.9k±$2.0k
Business applications
423 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Manufacturing47%
Retail trade19%
Health care15%
Food & accommodation10%
Construction5%
Wholesale trade4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
54,281
residents · 2025 · +3.3% since 2020
Income per capita $48.1k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+3,001
International migration+211
Natural change−1,493

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$1.6B
2019
$1.5B
2020
$1.7B
2021
$1.9B
2022
$2.1B
2023
$2.1B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$159.5k±$7.0k
Median gross rent
$780/mo±$47/mo
Vacancy rate
12.5%±1.4%
Affordability
3.3× wages
Residential permits
49 (0.9/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
79.0
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$776/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Tornado 92Lightning 89Strong wind 88
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
202
2016
213
2017
218
2018
224
2019
233
2020
265
2021
309
2022
334
2023
362
2024
383
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
38.2 km
I-59
Nearest freight rail
5.6 km
NS
Nearest port
11.4 km
TENN VALLEY P AUTH BELLEFONTE NUCLEAR PLN BGE TRM
Nearest commercial airport
72.6 km
HUNTSVILLE INTL-CARL T JONES FLD
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$47.8k
avg. annual pay · +29% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Deaf Smith$2.1BFayette$2.1BJasper$2.1BVenango$2.1BPhelps$2.1BHuron$2.2B
The read

Jackson's economy produced $2.1B in 2024, growing 3.7% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is manufacturing.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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