Jackson, Mississippi
| Jackson, Mississippi | |||
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Images top, left to right: Mississippi State Capitol, Old Mississippi State Capitol, Lamar Life Building, Mississippi Governor's Mansion
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| Nickname(s): "Crossroads of the South" | |||
| Motto: "The City with Soul" | |||
 Located in Hinds County, Mississippi |
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 Jackson, Mississippi
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| Coordinates: 32°17′56″N 90°11′05″W / 32.29889°N 90.18472°WCoordinates: 32°17′56″N 90°11′05″W / 32.29889°N 90.18472°W | |||
| Country |  United States |
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 Mississippi
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| Counties | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | ||
| Incorporated | 1821 | ||
| Named for | Andrew Jackson | ||
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| • Type | Mayor–Council | ||
| • Mayor | Tony Yarber (D) | ||
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| Area | |||
| • City | 276.7 km2 (106.8 sq mi) | ||
| • Land | 271.7 km2 (104.9 sq mi) | ||
| • Water | 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) | ||
| Elevation | 85 m (279 ft) | ||
| Population (2010) | |||
| • City | 176,014 | ||
| • Estimate (2015) | 170,674 | ||
| • Rank | US: 138th | ||
| • Density | 627/km2 (1,624/sq mi) | ||
| • Urban | 351,478 (US: 107th) | ||
| • Metro | 576,382 (US: 93rd) | ||
| Demonym(s) | Jacksonian | ||
| Time zone | CST (UTC-6) | ||
| • Summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) | ||
| ZIP codes | 39200-39299 | ||
| Area code(s) | 601, 769 | ||
| FIPS code | 28-36000 | ||
| GNIS feature ID | 0711543 | ||
| Website | City of Jackson | ||
| For additional city data see City-Data | |||
Jackson is the capital city and largest urban center of the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is the primary seat of Hinds County, equally sharing its county power with the Town of Raymond. The City of Jackson also owns more than 3,000 acres, which is the home of the Jackson-Medgar Evers International Airport located in both Madison and Rankin Counties. Jackson is on the Pearl River, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico, and it is part of the Jackson Prairie region of the state. The city is named after General Andrew Jackson, who was honored for his role in the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812 and later served as U.S. President.
The current slogan for the city is "The City with Soul." It has had numerous musicians prominent in blues, gospel, folk and jazz, and was even mentioned in Mark Ronson's - Uptown Funk ft. Bruno Mars.
The city is the anchor for the metropolitan statistical area (MSA). While its population declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census, the metropolitan region grew. The 2010 census ascribed a population of 539,057 to the five-county Jackson metropolitan area.
The region that is now the city of Jackson was historically part of the large territory occupied by the Choctaw Nation, the historic culture of the Muskogean-speaking indigenous peoples who had inhabited the area for thousands of years before European encounter. The Choctaw name for the locale was "Chisha Foka". The area now called Jackson was obtained by the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Doak's Stand in 1820, by which the Choctaw ceded some of their land. After the treaty was ratified, European-American settlers began to move into the area, so many that they encroached on remaining Choctaw communal lands.
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