Jackson, Ohio

Jackson population, 2020 to 2024

Jackson lost 33 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by +3. Among 254 Ohio places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 132nd; the median place changed by -0.4%. The median place of 5,000+ in Ohio has 13,905 people, so Jackson is 45% of it.

Jackson covers 9.05 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 688 people per square mile of land. The median Ohio place of 5,000+ has 2,000, so Jackson is less dense than the typical town.

What county Jackson is in

All of Jackson's residents live in Jackson County, which had 32,723 residents in 2024. Jackson holds 19.0% 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: 45640. 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 39.044500, -82.644700. Columbus, the capital, is 66.2 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Portsmouth, OH (17,489 people), 26.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Columbus, OH, 67.4 miles away.

Daylight in Jackson

At 39.04° N, Jackson gets about 14 h 55 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 25 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 29 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 Ohio, measured between internal points. The closest is Wellston, 7.6 miles away, with 5,493 people.