Editing Jackson, Michigan (section)

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1850= 2363
|1860= 4799
|1870= 11447
|1880= 16105
|1890= 20798
|1900= 25180
|1910= 31433
|1920= 48374
|1930= 55187
|1940= 49656
|1950= 51088
|1960= 50720
|1970= 45484
|1980= 39739
|1990= 38303
|2000= 36316
|2010= 33534
|2020= 31309
|estyear= 2023
|estimate= 30854
|estref= 
|align-fn=center
|footnote=[https://web.archive.org/web/20060208103743/http://www.census.gov:80/prod/www/abs/decennial/ U.S. Decennial Census]<br />2018 Estimate<ref name="2018 Pop Estimate">{{cite web|title=Population Estimates|url=https://census.gov/data/tables/2018/demo/popest/total-cities-and-towns.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=June 8, 2018}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the census<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=November 25, 2012}}</ref> of 2010, there were 33,534 people, 13,294 households, and 7,872 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3085.0|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 15,457 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1422.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 71.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 20.4% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.4% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.7% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 1.6% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 5.5% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] residents of any race were 5.3% of the population.

There were 13,294 households, of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.7% were married couples living together, 22.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 40.8% were non-families. 33.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.46 and the average family size was 3.14.

The median age in the city was 32.2 years. 28.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.5% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.7% were from 25 to 44; 23.1% were from 45 to 64; and 10.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 47.7% male and 52.3% female.

===2000 census===
As of the census of 2000, there were 36,316 people, 14,210 households, and 8,668 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|3274.9|PD/sqmi|PD/sqkm}}. There were 15,241 housing units at an average density of {{convert|1374.4|/sqmi|/sqkm}}. The racial makeup of the city was 73.87% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 19.70% [[African American (U.S. Census)|Black]] or [[Race (United States Census)|African American]], 0.56% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.51% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.04% [[Pacific Islander (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 1.65% from [[Race (United States Census)|other races]], and 3.67% from two or more races. 4.05% of the population were [[Hispanics in the United States|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race.

There were 14,210 households, out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 35.8% were married couples living together, 19.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.0% were non-families. 32.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.12.

In the city, 29.7% of the population was under the age of 18, 9.8% was from 18 to 24, 30.4% from 25 to 44, 18.2% from 45 to 64, and 11.9% was 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 91.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.5 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,294, and the median income for a family was $39,072. Males had a median income of $31,957 versus $23,817 for females. The per capita income for the city was $15,230. About 15.2% of families and 19.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 26.9% of those under age 18 and 11.0% of those age 65 or over.

===Religion===
Jackson has a number of notable historic churches, several of which were established prior to the [[American Civil War]]. The [[First Baptist Church (Jackson, Michigan)|First Baptist Church]] was established in 1839; the present building, a [[Romanesque Revival]] structure, was dedicated in March 1872. The [[First Congregational Church (Jackson, Michigan)|First Congregational Church]] is housed in a monumental Romanesque Revival building constructed in 1859. A basement was added after the structure had been in operation for several years. In 1871 the building was raised eight feet to accommodate lower-level classrooms.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://jacksonucc.com/|title = First Congregational Church|access-date = 2015-02-20|website = First Congregational Church}}</ref> Its congregation has actively participated in local social reform efforts, becoming part of the [[abolitionism in the United States|antislavery movement]] in the 1840s and later supporting the [[Temperance movement in the United States|temperance]] and the [[civil rights movement]]. [[St. Paul's Episcopal Church (Jackson, Michigan)|St. Paul's Episcopal Church]] was also founded in 1839. The congregation's first church building, constructed in 1840, was replaced by a Romanesque Revival building in 1853; it is one of the oldest [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]] structures in southern Michigan.

Constructed in 1857, [[St. John's the Evangelist Church (Jackson, Michigan)|St. John's the Evangelist Church]] is the oldest Roman Catholic church in the city. It was established as a mission in 1836 to serve a congregation that was originally predominately Irish immigrants. Given the following waves of Catholic immigrants from other countries, its congregation today is more diverse. [[St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church (Jackson, Michigan)|St. Mary Star of the Sea]] was established in 1881 as Jackson's second Catholic church. The present building, a limestone Romanesque structure built between 1923 and 1926, incorporates elements of the parish's first church as well as stained glass windows, marble altars and communion rails imported from Italy and Austria.<ref>Ashlee, Laura R. ''Traveling through Time: A Guide to Michigan's Historical Markers'', pp. 202–205. University of Michigan Press, 2005. {{ISBN|0-472-03066-3}}</ref> The first and only [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] is St. Demetrius Orthodox Church, founded in 1958. Among the modern churches in the town is [[Westwinds Community Church]], a non-denominational, evangelical Christian church. Founded in 1865 in a blacksmith shop, Community Jackson African Methodist Episcopal Church became the first place of worship for African Americans in Jackson County.{{Citation needed|date=October 2020}}
 
Late 19th-century immigrants included Jews from Germany and eastern Europe. Jackson is home to [[Temple Beth Israel (Jackson, Michigan)|Temple Beth Israel]], a [[Reform Judaism|Reform]] synagogue founded in 1862 by [[History of the Jews in Germany|German Jewish immigrants]].