The county bears no relation with the state capital of Jackson, which is one of the two county seats of Hinds County, along with the city of Raymond.
Geography
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 1,043 square miles (2,700km2), of which 723 square miles (1,870km2) is land and 321 square miles (830km2) (31%) is water.[4] It is the largest county in Mississippi by total area.
As of the 2020 census, the county had a population of 143,252. The median age was 39.9 years. 23.4% of residents were under the age of 18 and 16.7% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 95.3 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 92.4 males age 18 and over.[12][13]
69.7% of residents lived in urban areas, while 30.3% lived in rural areas.[14]
Households and housing
There were 55,677 households in the county, of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 45.5% were married-couple households, 18.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 29.2% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 26.3% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[12]
There were 62,190 housing units, of which 10.5% were vacant. Among occupied housing units, 69.3% were owner-occupied and 30.7% were renter-occupied. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.9% and the rental vacancy rate was 13.2%.[12]
Choctaw people
Jackson County is home to the Vancleave Live Oak Choctaw, which the State of Mississippi, through House Resolution 50 (HR50), ceremonially recognized as "The Official Native American Tribe of the Choctaw People of Jackson County, Mississippi" in 2016.[15] This legislative action acknowledges the tribe's historical and cultural significance in the state.[15] While locally acknowledged, the tribe is not federally recognized as a Native American tribe.[16]
Public safety
The Jackson County Sheriff's Office provides law enforcement services for communities in the county that do not have their own local law enforcement. These communities are known as Census-Designated Places, or CDPs.
Like most of the Solid South, Jackson County consistently voted for the Democratic presidential candidate through 1960, except for 1948, when it was carried by DixiecratStrom Thurmond. For much of this time, Republicans were lucky to get even 1,000 votes. It voted overwhelmingly for Republican Barry Goldwater in 1964, voted for George Wallace in 1968 over Republican Richard Nixon, and has stuck with Republicans ever since. Jimmy Carter is the last Democrat to manage 40 percent of the vote.
United States presidential election results for Jackson County, Mississippi[18]
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