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Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Mississippi.Along with Raymond, Jackson is one of two county seats for Hinds County.The city had a population of 153,701 at the 2020 census, a significant decline from 173,514, or 11.42%, since the 2010 census, representing the largest decline in population during the decade of any major U.S. city.
Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the central region of the U.S. state of Mississippi 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 ...
Union Station (Jackson, Mississippi) / 32.30111°N 90.19111°W / 32.30111; -90.19111. Union Station is an intermodal transit station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is operated by the Jackson Transit System and serves Amtrak 's City of New Orleans rail line, Greyhound Lines intercity buses, and is Jackson's main city bus ...
Smith–Wills Stadium. / 32.336401; -90.153943. Smith–Wills Stadium is a 5,200 seat baseball stadium in Jackson, Mississippi. It is located on Lakeland Drive, less than half a mile east of Interstate 55, in the northeastern part of the city.
May 2, 2024 at 2:37 AM. Clarion Ledger reporting shows the City of Jackson has seen 45 homicides from Jan. 1 to April 30, 2024, with an alarming trend of the murders occurring during the month of ...
Pearl, Mississippi. / 32.27194°N 90.10528°W / 32.27194; -90.10528. Pearl is a city located in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States, on the east side of the Pearl River across from the state capital Jackson. The population was 27,115 as of the 2020 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area .
Jackson’s population was about 56% Black and 44% white in 1990, and the city’s current population is about 82% Black and 15% white, according to the Census Bureau.
There are three combined statistical areas in Mississippi. Jackson–Vicksburg–Brookhaven CSA. Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. Vicksburg Micropolitan Statistical Area. Brookhaven Micropolitan Statistical Area. Memphis–Clarksdale–Forrest City, TN-MS-AR CSA (Partial) Memphis, TN-MS-AR MSA. Forrest City, AR μSA.
In response, the state legislature in 2023 expanded the jurisdiction of the Mississippi Capitol Police into an 8.7-square-mile (23 km 2) area in Jackson called the Capitol Complex Improvement Zone, an area with a larger white population than the rest of the city. Jackson's mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba described the increased policing in this area ...
Myra Hamilton Green (1924–2002), Mississippi artist who specialized in portraits and still life. Andrew Houston Longino (1854–1942), 35th Governor of Mississippi, in office 1900–04. Dunbar Rowland (1864–1937), historian and archivist who served as Director of Mississippi Department of Archives and History for 35 years. Flying Dutchmen