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Jackson County, Michigan

A county in Michigan, ranked 14 of 83 by population.

CountyFIPS 26075

Within Michigan
Jackson County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Jackson, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
159,552
-663 (-0.4%) since 2020
Land area
701.9
square miles. A further 3.0% of the total area is water
Population density
227
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jackson
Seat of county government.
Established
1832
193 years ago
Largest city
Jackson city
Population 31,022.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Jackson County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Jackson County, Michigan from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 668 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Jackson County ranks

Position among the 83 counties of Michigan, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn MichiganNationally
Population159,55214th of 83442nd of 3,144
Land area701.9 sq mi29th of 831,322nd of 3,144
Population density227 per sq mi16th of 83528th of 3,144
Median household income$66,07332nd of 831,532nd of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population159,552Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 2020160,215Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?160,359Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area701.9 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area21.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area723.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?227 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$66,073American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$193,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age41.5American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households62,540American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units69,292American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-340
1,511 births, 1,851 deaths
Net migration
+299
More people moved in than moved out.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 7 areas bordering Jackson County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Washtenaw CountyMichigan24 mi370,214
Calhoun CountyMichigan24 mi133,408
Ingham CountyMichigan24 mi289,709
Hillsdale CountyMichigan18 mi45,738
Lenawee CountyMichigan12 mi97,779
Eaton CountyMichigan6.0 mi109,581
Livingston CountyMichigan0.5 mi197,315

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 83 counties of Michigan

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.