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Population (year 2000): 3,501. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,454 (-1.3% change)
Males: 1,698 (48.5%), Females: 1,803 (51.5%)
Jackson County
Zip code:
56143
Median resident age: 40.4 years
Median household income: $33,452 (year 2000)
Median house value: $61,000 (year 2000)
Races in Jackson:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.2%)
- Other Asian (3.6%)
- Hispanic (1.5%)
- Other race (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.7%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (40.5%), Norwegian (16.4%),
Czech (8.1%), English (7.8%), Irish (6.7%), Swedish (4.7%).
Elevation: 1310 feet
Land area: 3.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Jackson
- High school or higher: 81.4%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
- Unemployed: 3.9%
- Mean travel time to work: 11.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Jackson city
- Never married: 22.4%
- Now married: 55.6%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 12.5%
- Divorced: 8.8%
3.0% Foreign born (2.7% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -74 (-2.1%).
Hospital/medical center in Jackson:
- JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER (1430 NORTH HIGHWAY)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Jackson:
- DICKINSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 16 miles;
SPIRIT LAKE, IA)
- AVERA HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles;
ESTHERVILLE, IA)
- WINDOM AREA HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; WINDOM, MN)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Jackson:
- FORT DODGE REGIONAL (about 93 miles; FORT DODGE, IA;
ID: FOD)
- MASON CITY MUNI (about 121 miles; MASON CITY, IA;
ID: MCW)
- JOE FOSS FIELD (about 121 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD;
ID: FSD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Jackson:
- JACKSON MUNI (about 2 miles; JACKSON, MN; ID: MJQ)
- SPIRIT LAKE MUNICIPAL (about 20 miles; SPIRIT LAKE,
IA; ID: 0F3)
- WINDOM MUNI (about 21 miles; WINDOM, MN; ID: MWM)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Jackson:
- BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; STORM LAKE,
IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,524)
- SOUTH CENTRAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE-MANKATO (about 77
miles; NORTH MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 2,186)
- MINNESOTA STATE UNVERSITY-MANKATO (about 79 miles;
MANKATO, MN; FT enrollment: 11,210)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
- GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE (about 85 miles; ST PETER,
MN; FT enrollment: 2,355)
- IOWA CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 96 miles; FT
DODGE, IA; FT enrollment: 2,807)
- RIDGEWATER COLLEGE (about 103 miles; WILLMAR, MN; FT
enrollment: 2,711)
Public high school in Jackson:
- JACKSON COUNTY CENTRAL SR. (Students: 432;
Location: 1128 N. HIGHWAY; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Jackson:
- RIVERSIDE EL. (Students: 376; Location: 820
PARK; Grades: PK - 05)
Library in Jackson:
- JACKSON COUNTY LIBRARY (Operating income:
$329,119; Location: 311 THIRD STREET; 35,016 books;
1,581 audio materials; 1,276 video materials; 225 serial
subscriptions)
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