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Jackson County, Ohio

A county in Ohio, ranked 71 of 88 by population.

CountyFIPS 39079

Within Ohio
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
32,817
+146 (+0.4%) since 2020
Land area
420.3
square miles. A further 0.3% of the total area is water
Population density
78.1
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Jackson
Seat of county government.
Established
1816
209 years ago
Largest city
Jackson city
Population 6,233.

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, Ohio 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 669 by 800 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 88 counties of Ohio, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn OhioNationally
Population32,81771st of 881,381st of 3,144
Land area420.3 sq mi54th of 882,411th of 3,144
Population density78.1 per sq mi68th of 881,102nd of 3,144
Median household income$57,10675th of 882,319th 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
Population32,817Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202032,671Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?32,653Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area420.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area1.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area421.5 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?78.1 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$57,106American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$150,700American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age40.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households12,933American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units14,548American 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
-14
407 births, 421 deaths
Net migration
+88
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 6 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
Vinton CountyOhio29 mi12,645
Gallia CountyOhio20 mi29,072
Pike CountyOhio15 mi27,061
Scioto CountyOhio15 mi71,365
Lawrence CountyOhio4.0 mi55,710
Ross CountyOhio3.8 mi76,429

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

All 88 counties of Ohio

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