Jackson, Alabama

Jackson population, 2020 to 2024

Jackson lost 251 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -5.3%. In the latest year it moved by -41.

Jackson covers 15.64 square miles of land and 0.19 of water, for 286 people per square mile of land. The median Alabama place of 5,000+ has 715, so Jackson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jackson is in

All of Jackson's residents live in Clarke County, which had 22,142 residents in 2024. Jackson holds 20.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jackson

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jackson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 36545. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Jackson is

The Census internal point of Jackson is at 31.532300, -87.891200. Montgomery, the capital, is 110.0 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Monroeville, AL (5,720 people), 33.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Mobile, AL, 61.1 miles away.

Daylight in Jackson

At 31.53° N, Jackson gets about 14 h 12 min of daylight around the June solstice and 10 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jackson

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Alabama, measured between internal points. The closest is Grove Hill, 13.4 miles away, with 1,723 people.