Population Estimates by Age in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Preschool (0 to 4)	2,917	33	6.9%	6.9%
School Age (5 to 17)	7,489	36	17.7%	17.9%
College Age (18 to 24)	2,834	49	6.7%	9.5%
Young Adult (25 to 44)	12,036	34	28.5%	27.0%
Older Adult (45 to 64)	10,788	36	25.6%	25.8%
Older (65 plus)	6,129	32	14.5%	12.8%
Median Age	38.1			Median Age = 36.7

Sources: US Census Bureau; Indiana Business Research Center

Population Estimates by Race or Hispanic Origin in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
American Indian or Alaska Native Alone	109	38	0.3%	0.3%
Asian Alone	371	29	0.9%	1.4%
Black Alone	309	45	0.7%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pac. Isl. Alone	24	26	0.1%	0.0%
White Alone	41,078	34	97.4%	88.0%
Two or More Race Groups	302	40	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino(can be of any race)
Non-Hispanic or Latino	40,011	35	94.8%	94.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2,182	22	5.2%	5.2%

Source: US Census Bureau

Household Types	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Households in 2000 (Includes detail not shown below)	16,052	34	100.0%	100.0%
Married With Children	4,123	36	25.7%	23.8%
Married Without Children	5,206	34	32.4%	29.8%
Single Parents	1,283	33	8.0%	9.1%
Living Alone	3,777	30	23.5%	25.9%

Source: US Census Bureau

Housing	Number	Rank in State	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State
Total Housing Units in 2008 (estimate)	18,427	35	100.0%	100.0%
Total Housing Units in 2000 (includes vacant units)	17,137	36	100.0%	100.0%
Owner Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Value (2000)	11,921 $87,500	35 41	69.6% --	65.9% --
Renter Occupied (Pct. distribution based on all housing units)    Median Rent (2000)	4,131 $495	29 26	24.1% --	26.3% --

Source: US Census Bureau

Education	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
School Enrollment (2006/2007 Total Reported)	6,914	38	0.6%	1,154,826
Public	6,695	39	0.6%	1,045,702
Private	219	93	0.2%	109,124
High School Graduates (2006/2007)	418	46	0.7%	63,339
Going on to Higher Education	299	60	0.6%	52,698
4-year	208	50	0.5%	38,566
2-year	21	73	0.2%	9,783
Voc/tech.	70	65	1.6%	4,349
Adults (25+ in 2000 Census)	27,131	34	0.7%	3,893,278
with High School diploma or higher	79.8%	60		82.1%
with B.A. or higher degree	11.5%	58		19.4%

Sources: Indiana Department of Education; US Census Bureau
Notes: 1) Private enrollment includes home schools. 2) County rankings for high-school graduates continuing to higher education are subject to revision.

Income and Poverty	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Per Capita Personal Income (annual) in 2007	$29,900	39	90.0%	$33,215
Median Household Income in 2007	$44,935	51	94.8%	$47,422
Poverty Rate in 2007	11.8%	36	95.9%	12.3%
Poverty Rate among Children under 18	17.5%	32	102.3%	17.1%
Welfare (TANF) Monthly Average Families in 2008	105	45	0.3%	36,678
Food Stamp Recipients in 2008	3,445	38	0.5%	644,281
Free and Reduced Fee Lunch Recipients in 2009	2,606	37	0.6%	436,945

Sources: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis; US Census Bureau; Indiana Family Social Services Administration;
Indiana Department of Education

Health and Vital Statistics in 2005	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Births	622	33	0.7%	87,088
Births to Teens	81	26	0.8%	9,604
Deaths	402	34	0.7%	55,623

Source: Indiana State Department of Health

Labor Force in 2008	Number	Rank in State	Percent of State	Indiana
Total Resident Labor Force	22,128	35	0.7%	3,230,367
Employed	20,965	34	0.7%	3,039,795
Unemployed	1,163	43	0.6%	190,572
Unemployment Rate	5.3	67	89.8%	5.9
October 2009 Unemployment Rate	9.9	36	105.3%	9.4

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Indiana Department of Workforce Development

Employment and Earnings by Industry in 2007 (NAICS)	Employment	Pct Dist. in County	Earnings ($000)	Pct Dist. In County	Avg. Earnings Per Job
Total by place of work	26,360	100.0%	$1,014,448	100.0%	$38,484
Wage and Salary	21,552	81.8%	$702,738	69.3%	$32,607
Farm Proprietors	822	3.1%	$10,586	1.0%	$12,878
Nonfarm Proprietors	3,986	15.1%	$113,979	11.2%	$28,595
Farm	1,273	4.8%	$27,054	2.7%	$21,252
Nonfarm	25,087	95.2%	$987,394	97.3%	$39,359
Private	22,195	84.2%	$852,947	84.1%	$38,430
Accommodation, Food Serv.	1,705	6.5%	$21,902	2.2%	$12,846
Arts, Ent., Recreation	246	0.9%	$2,364	0.2%	$9,610
Construction	1,384	5.3%	$37,921	3.7%	$27,400
Health Care, Social Serv.	Data not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.
Information	145	0.6%	$8,319	0.8%	$57,372
Manufacturing	6,807	25.8%	$416,404	41.0%	$61,173
Professional, Tech. Serv.	587	2.2%	$19,206	1.9%	$32,719
Retail Trade	3,186	12.1%	$77,685	7.7%	$24,383
Trans., Warehousing	2,204	8.4%	$94,465	9.3%	$42,861
Wholesale Trade	539	2.0%	$26,899	2.7%	$49,905
Other Private (not above)	3,545*	13.4%*	$92,123*	9.1%*	$25,987*
Government	2,892	11.0%	$134,447	13.3%	$46,489

Source: US Bureau of Economic Analysis
* These totals do not include county data that are not available due to BEA non-disclosure requirements.

Residential Building Permits in 2008	Units	Pct Dist. in County	Pct Dist. in State	Cost ($000)	State Cost ($000)
Total Permits Filed	150	100.0%	100.0%	$10,570	$2,470,264
Single Family	66	44.0%	70.8%	$7,300	$2,136,514
Two Family	0	0.0%	1.9%	$0	$28,170
Three & Four Family	0	0.0%	1.2%	$0	$18,059
Five families and More	84	56.0%	26.0%	$3,270	$287,521

Source: US Census Bureau (Greene County totals are not included as it does not currently issue building permits.) Note: Detail cost may not sum to total due to rounding.

Commuting Patterns - Top 5 in 2007
Into Jackson FROM	Number	Percent	Out of Jackson TO	Number	Percent
All Areas	5,072	16.7%	All Areas	4,369	14.7%
Jennings County	1,444	4.8%	Bartholomew County	2,617	8.8%
Scott County	1,323	4.4%	Jennings County	387	1.3%
Bartholomew County	789	2.6%	Scott County	272	0.9%
Washington County	329	1.1%	Marion County	220	0.7%
Lawrence County	278	0.9%	Lawrence County	107	0.4%

Source: Indiana Department of Revenue