Jackson, Tennessee

Jackson population, 2020 to 2024

Jackson added 1,103 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.6%. In the latest year it moved by +912. Among 104 Tennessee places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 74th; the median place changed by +4.0%. The median place of 5,000+ in Tennessee has 12,136 people, so Jackson is 5.7 times that size.

Jackson covers 58.73 square miles of land, for 1,180 people per square mile of land. The median Tennessee place of 5,000+ has 947, so Jackson is denser than the typical town.

What county Jackson is in

All of Jackson's residents live in Madison County, which had 100,409 residents in 2024. Jackson holds 69.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jackson

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Jackson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 38301, 38305. 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 35.654200, -88.835300. Nashville, the capital, is 120.1 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Memphis, TN (610,919 people), 74.1 miles away.

Daylight in Jackson

At 35.65° N, Jackson gets about 14 h 35 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 45 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 50 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 Tennessee, measured between internal points. The closest is Three Way, 8.2 miles away, with 1,922 people.