Jackson, Michigan

Jackson population, 2020 to 2024

Jackson lost 387 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.2%. In the latest year it moved by -10. Among 153 Michigan places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 101st; the median place changed by -0.5%. The median place of 5,000+ in Michigan has 12,132 people, so Jackson is 2.5 times that size.

Jackson covers 10.77 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 2,871 people per square mile of land. The median Michigan place of 5,000+ has 2,478, so Jackson is denser than the typical town.

What county Jackson is in

All of Jackson's residents live in Jackson County, which had 160,233 residents in 2024. Jackson holds 19.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jackson

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jackson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 49201, 49202, 49203. 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 42.243400, -84.404900. Lansing, the capital, is 34.7 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lansing, MI (114,336 people), 33.5 miles away.

Daylight in Jackson

At 42.24° N, Jackson gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 05 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 11 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 Michigan, measured between internal points. The closest is Grass Lake, 10.2 miles away, with 1,101 people.