Jackson, Tennessee demographics

Jackson, TN demographics: median age 35.5; 27.8% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Jackson city, Tennessee · Incorporated city · GEOID 4737640. The survey estimates a population of 68,435 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Jackson is 35.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.6 years. There are 27,541 households (±474). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	35.5 ±0.6	38.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 68,435
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Under 18	16,680 ±688	24.4% ±1.0 pp	22.2%	22.0%
18–34	17,011 ±772	24.9% ±1.1 pp	22.7%	22.8%
35–64	23,650 ±1,038	34.6% ±1.5 pp	38.0%	38.0%
65 and older	11,094 ±664	16.2% ±1.0 pp	17.1%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 68,435
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Male	31,859 ±467	46.6% ±0.7 pp	49.1%	49.5%
Female	36,576 ±465	53.4% ±0.7 pp	50.9%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 68,435
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
White alone	31,675 ±832	46.3% ±1.2 pp	72.4%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	30,149 ±850	44.1% ±1.2 pp	15.6%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	140 ±115 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	901 ±173	1.3% ±0.3 pp	1.9%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	76 ±102 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race alone	2,061 ±661	3.0% ±1.0 pp	2.7%	7.1%
Two or more races	3,433 ±616	5.0% ±0.9 pp	7.0%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 68,435
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	64,954 ±545	94.9% ±0.8 pp	92.6%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3,481 ±540	5.1% ±0.8 pp	7.4%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 27,541
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Married-couple family	9,360 ±545	34.0% ±1.9 pp	46.8%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	979 ±248	3.6% ±0.9 pp	4.8%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	5,639 ±514	20.5% ±1.8 pp	12.6%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	10,039 ±568	36.5% ±2.0 pp	29.5%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	1,524 ±341	5.5% ±1.2 pp	6.3%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 27,541
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Households with people under 18	8,837 ±562	32.1% ±2.0 pp	29.3%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	18,704 ±617	67.9% ±1.9 pp	70.7%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 27,541
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	10,039 ±568	36.5% ±2.0 pp	29.5%	28.7%
Two-person households	8,450 ±694	30.7% ±2.5 pp	35.2%	33.8%
Three-person households	3,803 ±432	13.8% ±1.6 pp	15.4%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,948 ±489	10.7% ±1.8 pp	11.7%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,623 ±358	5.9% ±1.3 pp	5.2%	5.9%
Six-person households	413 ±160	1.5% ±0.6 pp	1.9%	2.2%
Seven or more people	265 ±155 · low precision	1.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	1.2%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 68,435
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Native	65,743 ±621	96.1% ±0.9 pp	93.9%	85.9%
Foreign born	2,692 ±617	3.9% ±0.9 pp	6.1%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 64,039
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
English only	60,018 ±859	93.7% ±1.3 pp	91.4%	77.7%
Spanish	2,243 ±560	3.5% ±0.9 pp	5.2%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	167 ±100 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	60 ±55 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	0 ±33 · low precision	0.0% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	233 ±216 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.7%	2.0%
Korean	76 ±83 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	191 ±129 · low precision	0.3% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.2%	1.1%
Vietnamese	40 ±38 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.2%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	160 ±114 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	100 ±118 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.5%	1.1%
Arabic	359 ±373 · low precision	0.6% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.5%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	392 ±325 · low precision	0.6% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 44,094
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	4,419 ±542	10.0% ±1.2 pp	10.0%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	14,856 ±1,020	33.7% ±2.3 pp	31.2%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	9,821 ±895	22.3% ±2.0 pp	19.9%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	2,757 ±356	6.3% ±0.8 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	7,152 ±591	16.2% ±1.3 pp	19.4%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5,089 ±509	11.5% ±1.1 pp	11.7%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 67,626
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	Tennessee	U.S.
Same house	56,939 ±1,261	84.2% ±1.8 pp	87.1%	87.7%
Moved within same county	6,037 ±964	8.9% ±1.4 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	2,529 ±453	3.7% ±0.7 pp	3.1%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,981 ±622	2.9% ±0.9 pp	3.0%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	140 ±100 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

10.7% of Jackson residents (±1.3 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 10.0% in Tennessee and 8.4% nationally. 89.3% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Jackson	Tennessee	U.S.	Compared with Tennessee
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	10.7% ±1.3 pp	10.0%	8.4%	Not statistically different
Households with a broadband subscription Households	89.3% ±1.4 pp	89.2%	91.0%	Not statistically different
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	5.9% ±0.9 pp	7.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Jackson . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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