The Jackson metropolitan statistical area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the central region of the U.S. state of

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that covers seven counties: Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, and Yazoo. As of the 2010 census, the Jackson MSA had a population of 586,320. According to 2019 estimates, the population has slightly increased to 594,806. Jackson is the principal city of the MSA.

Counties

* Copiah * Hinds * Holmes * Madison * Rankin * Simpson * YazooThe Whitehouse

Communities

Places with more than 100,000 inhabitants • Jackson ° Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the State of Mississippi. It is one of the county seats of Hinds County (

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being the other). As of the 2020 census, Jackson's population was 153,701. Places with 25,000-99,999 inhabitants * Clinton * Madison *

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* Brandon

Places with 10,000 to 24,999 inhabitants

* Byram * Canton * Flowood * Ridgeland * Yazoo City

Places with 1,000 to 9,999 inhabitants

* Crystal Springs * Durant * Edwards *

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* Gluckstadt * Goodman * Hazlehurst * Lexington * Magee * Mendenhall * Pelahatchie * Pickens *

* Richland * Tchula * Wesson

Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

* Beauregard * Bentonia *

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* Braxton * Cruger * D'Lo * Eden * Georgetown * Learned * Puckett * Satartia *

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* Utica *

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Unincorporated places

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 497,197 people, 180,556 households, and 127,704 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 53.02%

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, 45.29%

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, 0.13% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.29% from other races, and 0.60% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.98% of the population.

Geography and climate

The Jackson metropolitan area possesses a

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, with very hot, humid summers and mild winters. Rain is very evenly spread throughout the year, and snow can fall in wintertime, although heavy snowfall is relatively rare. Much of the areas rainfall occurs during thunderstorms. Thunder is heard on roughly 70 days per annum. The Jackson metropolitan area lies in a region prone to

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s which can produce large

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, damaging winds and

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es. The most damaging tornado in Mississippi history occurred on March 3, 1966, when an EF-5 tornado spawned in southwest Hinds County and proceeded to move northeasterly for several hours until finally lifting in southwest

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. The storm, called the

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tornado for a destroyed Jackson shopping center, killed 58 and injured 216.

Industry

The metro area is home to several major industries. These include electrical equipment and machinery, processed food, and primary and fabricated metal products. The surrounding area supports agricultural development of livestock, soybeans, cotton, and poultry.

Education

Colleges and universities

** Belhaven University ( Jackson) ** Copiah-Lincoln Community College ( Wesson) ** Delta Technical College ( Ridgeland) www.deltatechnicalcollege.com ** Hinds Community College (

with branch campuses in Jackson, Pearl, and Utica) ** Holmes Community College ( Goodman with branch campus in Ridgeland) **

Jackson State University Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a Public university, public Historically Black colleges and universities, historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and ...

( Jackson) **

Millsaps College Millsaps College is a Private college, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 1890 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. History The college was founded ...

( Jackson) **

Mississippi College Mississippi College (MC) is a private university affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention and located in Clinton, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1826, MC is the second oldest Baptists, Baptist-affiliated college or university in ...

( Clinton) *** Mississippi College School of Law ( Jackson) ** Reformed Theological Seminary ( Jackson) ** Tougaloo College ( Jackson) ** University of Mississippi Medical Center ( Jackson) **University Center ( Jackson) - serves as branch campuses for the

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, and

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. ** Wesley Biblical Seminary ( Jackson) ** Wesley College (

)

Public school districts

) ** Rankin County School District (serves Rankin County outside Pearl) ** Simpson County School District (serves Simpson County) ** Yazoo City Municipal School District (serves Yazoo City) ** Yazoo County School District (serves Yazoo County outside Yazoo City)

Private schools

* Benton Academy ( Benton) * Canton Academy ( Canton) * Central Hinds Academy (

) * Central Holmes Christian School ( Lexington) * Christ Covenant School ( Ridgeland) * Clinton Christian Academy ( Clinton) * Copiah Academy ( Gallman) * Discovery Christian School (

) * East Rankin Academy ( Pelahatchie) * Emmanuel Christian School ( Jackson) * First Presbyterian Day School ( Jackson) * Hartfield Academy ( Flowood) * Hillcrest Christian School ( Jackson) * Jackson Academy ( Jackson) * Jackson Preparatory School ( Flowood) * Madison-Ridgeland Academy ( Madison) * Manchester Academy ( Yazoo City) * Mount Salus Christian School ( Clinton) * New Jerusalem Christian School ( Jackson) * Park Place Christian Academy (

) * Piney Woods Country Life School (rural Rankin County) https://www.pineywoods.org/ * REBUL Academy ( Learned) * Simpson Academy ( Mendenhall) * St. Augustine Christian School ( Ridgeland) * St. Andrew's Episcopal School (middle and upper schools in Ridgeland; lower school in Jackson) * St. Joseph Catholic School ( Madison) * Tri-County Academy (

)

Media

Newspapers

Daily

* '' The Clarion-Ledger'' statewide general interest newspaper, a
http://www.clarionledger.com

Weekly

* ''Copiah Monitor'', weekly newspaper serving Copiah County (home office Hazelhurst), a
http://www.copiahmonitor.com
* ''Hinds County Gazette'', weekly newspaper serving Hinds County (home office

), a
http://www.hindscountygazette.com
* ''

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'', weekly newspaper and oldest newspaper serving the state's African-American community, a
http://www.jacksonadvocate.com
* '' Jackson Free Press'', alternative newspaper, with focus on politics, entertainment and culture; blogs and discussion a
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com
* ''La Noticia de Mississippi'' – Voz de la Comunidad Latina – The Mississippi Hispanic Newspaper a
http://www.lanoticianewspaper.com/
* ''The Mississippi Link'' weekly statewide general interest newspaper (home office Jackson), focusing on the African American community, a
http://www.themississippilink.com
* '' Mississippi Business Journal'' weekly newspaper (home office Jackson), with focus on business and economic development, a
http://www.msbusiness.com
* ''The Northside Sun'' weekly newspaper, with focus on Northeast Jackson, Madison and Ridgeland, a
http://www.northsidesun.com
* ''B Fit and Healthy Magazine'', Health and Fitness Magazine for Mississippians, a
http://bfitandhealthymagazine.com
* ''Holmes County Herald'', weekly newspaper serving Holmes County (home office Lexington, a
http://www.holmescountyherald.com
* ''Madison County Herald'', weekly newspaper serving Madison County (home office Canton), a
http://www.mcherald.com
* ''Madison County Journal'', weekly newspaper serving mostly Madison County suburbs of Jackson (home office Ridgeland), a
http://www.onlinemadison.net
* ''Rankin County News'', weekly newspaper serving Rankin County (home office Brandon), a
http://www.rankincn.com
* ''Magee Herald/Simpson County News'', weekly newspaper serving Simpson County (offices in Magee and Mendenhall), a
//www.simpsoncounty.ms
* '' Yazoo Herald'', weekly newspaper serving Yazoo County (home office Yazoo City), a
http://www.yazooherald.net

Historic

* The Jackson '' Mississippian'', circulated during the 19th century * ''Jackson Daily News'', evening newspaper in Jackson (published 1907 to 1934; merged with The Clarion-Ledger in 1934 but editorially operated separately; discontinued publishing in 1982) * ''Jackson State-Times'', daily newspaper in Jackson (published 1952 to 1963)

Publishing

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, the state's only not-for-profit publishing house and collective publisher for Mississippi's eight state universities, producing works on local history, culture and society

Television

All stations are licensed to Jackson unless otherwise noted: * Channel 3, WLBT:

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* Channel 6, WJMF-LD * Channel 12,

WJTV WJTV (channel 12) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with CBS. Its second digital subchannel serves as an owned-and-operated station of The CW. Owned by Nexstar Media Group, the station has studios on TV ...

: CBS * Channel 16, WAPT: ABC * Channel 23, WWJX: TCT * Channel 29, WMPN: PBS/ Mississippi Public Broadcasting * Channel 34,

WRBJ-TV WRBJ-TV (channel 34) is a religious television station licensed to Magee, Mississippi, United States, serving the Jackson, Mississippi, Jackson, Hattiesburg and Meridian, Mississippi, Meridian media market, television markets as an owned-and-ope ...

: TBN, licensed to Magee * Channel 35, WLOO: My Network TV, licensed to Jackson suburb Tougaloo * Channel 40, WDBD: Fox

FM radio

AM radio

* 620 WJDX:

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* 780 WIIN:

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* 810 WSJC: Religious * 930 WSFZ:

with programming from

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* 970 WFQY: Hip Hop * 1000 WXTN: Religious * 1120 WTWZ: Folk * 1150

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: Hip Hop * 1180 WJNT: News/Talk * 1240 WZQK: Country * 1300

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: Gospel Music * 1370 WMGO: Variety * 1400 WJQS: Sports

Points of interest

Sports

Sports teams in the Jackson Metro area

* Mississippi Brilla—minor league soccer team in the

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. The team plays at Clinton High School in

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. *Mississippi Raiders—Arena Indoor Football League team which plays its home games at the Mississippi Coliseum.

Summer Training Camp

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, Jackson's

is the former summer home for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL from 2006 to 2010

Sports venues in the Jackson Metro area

* Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium—Concerts, Football (home of Jackson State University) * Mississippi Coliseum—Basketball, Hockey, Track, Rodeo, Concerts * Smith Wills Stadium—Baseball, Softball, Football, Soccer, Concerts * Trustmark Park—Baseball * Parham Bridges—Tennis

Professional events

* Sanderson Farms Championship-PGA Tour event held in May at Country Club of Jackson

Former professional sports teams

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** Jackson Senators, Independent (2001–2004) ** Jackson Diamond Kats of the independent Texas–Louisiana League (2000) ** Jackson Generals, former

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AA affiliate of the

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(1991–1999) ** Jackson Mets, former Texas League AA affiliate of the

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(1975–1990) *

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** Jackson Wildcats, United States Basketball League ** Mississippi Rage,

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** Mississippi Hardhats,

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** Jackson Bandits -- East Coast Hockey League *

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** Jackson Calypso—Women's Soccer ** Jackson Rockers—Men's Soccer **

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—Men's Soccer *

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** Mississippi Pride -- Regional Football League ** Las Vegas Posse --

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—As a historical note, the team almost moved to Jackson, but efforts to relocate the team to Mississippi failed.

Transportation

Air travel

The Jackson area is currently served by Jackson-Evers International Airport, located at Allen C. Thompson Field in Rankin County between Flowood and

. Its IATA code is JAN. The airport has non-stop service to 12 cities throughout the United States and is served by four mainline carriers (American, Delta, United, and Southwest). JAN also serves as host for the State of Mississippi's and private citizens' jet aircraft. On 22 December 2004, Jackson City Council members voted 6–0 to rename Jackson International Airport in honor of slain

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leader and

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field secretary for Mississippi,

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. This decision took effect on 22 January 2005. The Jackson area was formerly served by Hawkins Field, located in northwest Jackson with IATA code HKS. This airport is now used for private air traffic only. A proposed new access from Downtown Jackson to Jackson-Evers International Airport is the Airport Parkway project. This parkway will connect High Street in Downtown Jackson to Mississippi Highway 475 at the airport. The parkway will be of interstate standards and designated Interstate 755 with access to both Flowood and Pearl. Although approved in 2008 with studies completed and right-of-way obtained, no construction has been done as of 2022.

Ground transportation

Interstate highways

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Runs north-south from

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through Jackson towards Brookhaven, McComb, and the

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state line to

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. Jackson is roughly halfway between New Orleans and

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. The highway maintains eight to ten lanes in northern part of city, six lanes in the center and south of I-20. I-20

Interstate 20
Runs east-west from near

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, to

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. Jackson is roughly halfway between

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, and

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. The highway is six lanes from Interstate 220 to MS 468 in Pearl. I-220

Interstate 220
Connects Interstates 55 and 20 on the north and west sides of the city and is four lanes throughout its route.

U.S. highways

U.S. Highway 49
Runs north-south from the

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state line at Lula via Clarksdale and Yazoo City, to I-220 on the northwest side of Jackson. The highway then follows I-220 to I-20, where it heads east to just pass the I-55/I-20 split in

. From Pearl US 49 goes south towards

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and Gulfport. US 51

U.S. Highway 51
The predecessor route from Chicago to New Orleans, US 51 runs along with I-55 from County Line Road on the Jackson/ Ridgeland border to

. US 51 runs separately to the north in Ridgeland and to the south from Terry. The former route of Hwy 51 is designated as State Street through Jackson and connects with I-55/I-20 south of the interstate split in South Jackson US 80

U.S. Highway 80
Roughly parallels Interstate 20.

State highways

Mississippi Highway 18
Runs southwest towards Utica and Port Gibson; southeast towards Bay Springs and Quitman. Circle sign 25

Mississippi Highway 25
Some parts of this road are known as Lakeland Drive, which runs northeast towards

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and Starkville.

Other roads

In addition, the area is served by the Natchez Trace Parkway, which runs from north of the city through Ridgeland and

. Overall the federally-regulated parkway runs from Natchez to

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Bus service

JATRAN
(Jackson Transit System) operates hourly or half-hourly during daytime hours on weekdays, and mostly hourly on Saturdays. No evening or Sunday service is operated.

Railroads

Jackson is served by the

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(formerly the

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). The

Kansas City Southern Railway The Kansas City Southern Railway Company is an American Class I railroad. Founded in 1887, it operated in 10 Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern U.S. states: Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Ark ...

also serves the city. The Canadian National has a medium-sized yard downtown which Mill Street parallels and the Kansas City Southern has a large classification yard in Richland.

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, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Jackson. The Amtrak station is located at 300 West Capitol Street. Amtrak's southbound City of New Orleans provides service from Jackson to

and some points between. The northbound City of New Orleans provides service from Jackson to Memphis, Carbondale, Champaign-Urbana,

and some points between. Efforts to establish service with another Amtrak train, the Crescent Star, an extension of the

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westward from

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