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Jackson

United States · GDP 2024
#611 of 3,127 US counties by GDP50th-percentile growthmore diversified than 8% of counties
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methodology in progress
GDP 2024 (USD)
$6.5B
GDP growth
+4.3%
Jobs tracked
47,394
Employers
1,673
Avg. wage
$48.0k
Population
99,265
Labor & formation
Unemployment
2.9%
Median HH income
$89.5k±$3.4k
Business applications
1,643 · 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
Transportation49%
Manufacturing28%
Retail trade9%
Wholesale trade5%
Admin & support4%
Construction4%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
99,265
residents · 2025 · +29.3% since 2020
Income per capita $60.0k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration+20,027
International migration+991
Natural change+1,400

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$3.5B
2019
$3.9B
2020
$4.5B
2021
$5.9B
2022
$6.2B
2023
$6.5B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$345.0k±$9.1k
Median gross rent
$1.1k/mo±$74/mo
Vacancy rate
7.6%±1.3%
Affordability
7.2× wages
Residential permits
1,827 (18.4/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
41.9
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):$1.2k/mo · 2026
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Ice storm 75Tornado 69Earthquake 68
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
186
2016
198
2017
217
2018
230
2019
240
2020
278
2021
338
2022
365
2023
396
2024
412
2025

Transport access

BTS · FAA · USACE
Nearest interstate
6.1 km
I-85
Nearest freight rail
1.9 km
CSXT
Nearest port
169.0 km
BOWATERS NEWSPRINT, CALHOUN
Nearest commercial airport
30.2 km
ATHENS/BEN EPPS
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023
$48.0k
avg. annual pay · +23% since 2019
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Schuylkill$6.5BHunt$6.5BLee$6.5BNorthwest Hills$6.5BVigo$6.6BWindham$6.5B
The read

Jackson's economy produced $6.5B in 2024, growing 4.3% year over year — about the middle of the pack among US counties. Its largest employment sector is transportation.

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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