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Jackson, MS Metro Area Demographics

Jackson, MS Metro Area is the 93rd most populous of 935 metro areas in the United States, with 619,968 residents across 6,014 square miles. That is about 103 people per square mile.

At the 2020 census

Population 619,968
Land area 6,014 sq mi
Density 103 / sq mi

Data: 2020 Census · American Community Survey 2024

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Counties in the Jackson, MS Metro Area area

Name Population Sq mi Per sq mi
County Hinds 227,742 869.7 262
Rankin County, MS 157,031 775.5 202
Madison County, MS 109,145 714.4 153
Copiah County, MS 28,368 777.3 36
County Scott 27,990 609.2 46
Yazoo County 26,743 922.3 29
Simpson County, MS 25,949 589.2 44
County Holmes 17,000 756.7 22

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