Jackson County, Florida

A county in Florida, ranked 42 of 67 by population.

CountyFIPS 12063

Within Florida
Jackson County, highlighted, with the areas around it. Boundaries generalised from the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file; neighbour fills carry no data. The dot marks Marianna, the county seat, located via the 2025 Census Gazetteer.

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Population
49,629
+2,525 (+5.4%) since 2020
Land area
918.3
square miles. A further 3.8% of the total area is water
Population density
54.0
people per square mile, computed rather than published
County seat
Marianna
Seat of county government.
Established
1822
203 years ago
Largest city
Marianna city
Population 7,289.

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; Wikidata (CC0), Wikidata. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

Satellite view

Aerial imagery of Jackson County with its boundary drawn on top. A map shows you the shape; this shows you what is inside it, and which side of the line a place falls on.

Aerial view of Jackson County, Florida from the USGS National Map, with its boundary outlined
Imagery: USGS National Map, USGS Imagery Only, public domain, requested from USGS by your browser when you reach this point on the page, at 800 by 575 pixels. The boundary is the 2025 Census cartographic boundary file, reprojected to Web Mercator to match the imagery. You can also open the USGS National Map viewer.

Where Jackson County ranks

Position among the 67 counties of Florida, and among all 3,144 US counties and county-equivalents. Computed from the figures on this page.

MeasureValueIn FloridaNationally
Population49,62942nd of 671,020th of 3,144
Land area918.3 sq mi20th of 67800th of 3,144
Population density54.0 per sq mi50th of 671,397th of 3,144
Median household income$49,14962nd of 672,820th of 3,143

Full data for Jackson County

Every figure below is attributed to the Census Bureau product it came from, with the vintage of that product.
MeasureValueSource and vintage
Population49,629Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Population in 202047,104Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
2020 estimates base?47,318Vintage 2025 Population Estimates
Land area918.3 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Water area36.2 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Total area954.6 sq mi2025 Gazetteer Files
Population density?54.0 per sq miComputed: Vintage 2025 estimates divided by 2025 Gazetteer land area
Median household income$49,149American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median home value$120,800American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Median age43.0American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Households17,276American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates
Housing units20,145American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates

Sources: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026; US Census Bureau, Gazetteer Files, 2025 Gazetteer Files, released 10 September 2025; US Census Bureau, American Community Survey, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-Year Estimates, released 29 January 2026. Population density is computed here, not published: it divides the Vintage 2025 population estimate by the 2025 Gazetteer land area, which are two different Census products. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

How the population changed

The Census Bureau publishes the components behind an estimate, not just the total. For the year to July 2025:

Births minus deaths
-171
555 births, 726 deaths
Net migration
-134
More people moved out than moved in.

Source: US Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates, released 26 March 2026. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

The 9 areas bordering Jackson County

Ordered by the length of the border actually shared, which the Census Bureau publishes in its county adjacency file and which no other county reference presents.

Bordering areaStateShared borderPopulation
Calhoun CountyFlorida30 mi13,289
Houston CountyAlabama29 mi110,318
Washington CountyFlorida28 mi26,695
Seminole CountyGeorgia25 mi9,162
Holmes CountyFlorida16 mi20,119
Gadsden CountyFlorida9.3 mi44,298
Bay CountyFlorida3.0 mi204,479
Geneva CountyAlabama0.6 mi27,554
Liberty CountyFloridaa single point8,035

Source: US Census Bureau, County Adjacency File, 2025 County Adjacency File, released 15 September 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2026.

All 67 counties of Florida

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Data on this page last rebuilt 30 August 2026. How these figures are produced.