Data / Employer firms / Jackson County

Employer firms in Jackson County

Employer firms in Jackson County was 1,827 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.3% from 2022. That is the 7th highest of 82 counties in 2023.

2023, count1,827
Change on 2022+0.3%
Rank7th of 82Counties in Mississippi ranked
Series high1,9442008
Series low1,5441978

Next release: Sunday, 26 September 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Employer firms in Jackson County, 1978 to 2023

1,5001,6001,7001,8001,9002,00019781985199219992006201320231978: 1,544 count1979: 1,598 count1980: 1,648 count1981: 1,636 count1982: 1,578 count1983: 1,598 count1984: 1,671 count1985: 1,652 count1986: 1,718 count1987: 1,739 count1988: 1,715 count1989: 1,721 count1990: 1,688 count1991: 1,702 count1992: 1,724 count1993: 1,781 count1994: 1,835 count1995: 1,852 count1996: 1,865 count1997: 1,879 count1998: 1,894 count1999: 1,917 count2000: 1,913 count2001: 1,891 count2002: 1,895 count2003: 1,889 count2004: 1,890 count2005: 1,886 count2006: 1,822 count2007: 1,939 count2008: 1,944 count2009: 1,887 count2010: 1,841 count2011: 1,821 count2012: 1,797 count2013: 1,782 count2014: 1,772 count2015: 1,812 count2016: 1,800 count2017: 1,798 count2018: 1,817 count2019: 1,805 count2020: 1,795 count2021: 1,835 count2022: 1,821 count2023: 1,827 count1,5001,6001,7001,8001,9002,00019781994201020231978: 1,544 count1979: 1,598 count1980: 1,648 count1981: 1,636 count1982: 1,578 count1983: 1,598 count1984: 1,671 count1985: 1,652 count1986: 1,718 count1987: 1,739 count1988: 1,715 count1989: 1,721 count1990: 1,688 count1991: 1,702 count1992: 1,724 count1993: 1,781 count1994: 1,835 count1995: 1,852 count1996: 1,865 count1997: 1,879 count1998: 1,894 count1999: 1,917 count2000: 1,913 count2001: 1,891 count2002: 1,895 count2003: 1,889 count2004: 1,890 count2005: 1,886 count2006: 1,822 count2007: 1,939 count2008: 1,944 count2009: 1,887 count2010: 1,841 count2011: 1,821 count2012: 1,797 count2013: 1,782 count2014: 1,772 count2015: 1,812 count2016: 1,800 count2017: 1,798 count2018: 1,817 count2019: 1,805 count2020: 1,795 count2021: 1,835 count2022: 1,821 count2023: 1,827 count
count. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-11, published 2025-09-25.
All 46 values
Periodcount
20231,827
20221,821
20211,835
20201,795
20191,805
20181,817
20171,798
20161,800
20151,812
20141,772
20131,782
20121,797
20111,821
20101,841
20091,887
20081,944
20071,939
20061,822
20051,886
20041,890
20031,889
20021,895
20011,891
20001,913
19991,917
19981,894
19971,879
19961,865
19951,852
19941,835
19931,781
19921,724
19911,702
19901,688
19891,721
19881,715
19871,739
19861,718
19851,652
19841,671
19831,598
19821,578
19811,636
19801,648
19791,598
19781,544

Compared with Mississippi and United States

Place2023
Jackson County1,827
Mississippi41,438
United States5,593,727

Jackson County compared with nearby places

Adams County: 608 countAlcorn County: 667 countAmite County: 168 countAttala County: 297 countBenton County: 66 countBolivar County: 607 countCalhoun County: 202 countCarroll County: 95 countChickasaw County: 279 countChoctaw County: 115 countClaiborne County: 84 countClarke County: 197 countClay County: 301 countCoahoma County: 430 countCopiah County: 387 countCovington County: 279 countDeSoto County: 2,590 countForrest County: 1,388 countFranklin County: 103 countGeorge County: 289 countGreene County: 108 countGrenada County: 461 countHancock County: 704 countHarrison County: 3,341 countHinds County: 3,896 countHolmes County: 166 countHumphreys County: 113 countIssaquena County: 18 countItawamba County: 340 countJackson County: 1,827 countJasper County: 176 countJefferson County: 45 countJefferson Davis County: 107 countJones County: 1,090 countKemper County: 82 countLafayette County: 1,219 countLamar County: 1,269 countLauderdale County: 1,422 countLawrence County: 163 countLeake County: 284 countLee County: 2,043 countLeflore County: 559 countLincoln County: 729 countLowndes County: 1,212 countMadison County: 2,731 countMarion County: 505 countMarshall County: 366 countMonroe County: 518 countMontgomery County: 169 countNeshoba County: 456 countNewton County: 275 countNoxubee County: 156 countOktibbeha County: 823 countPanola County: 496 countPearl River County: 702 countPerry County: 102 countPike County: 750 countPontotoc County: 473 countPrentiss County: 433 countQuitman County: 70 countRankin County: 3,103 countScott County: 417 countSharkey County: 81 countSimpson County: 377 countSmith County: 121 countStone County: 261 countSunflower County: 333 countTallahatchie County: 145 countTate County: 337 countTippah County: 333 countTishomingo County: 353 countTunica County: 160 countUnion County: 473 countWalthall County: 180 countWarren County: 776 countWashington County: 847 countWayne County: 305 countWebster County: 147 countWilkinson County: 110 countWinston County: 318 countYalobusha County: 142 countYazoo County: 301 count
  • Under 110
  • 110 to 200
  • 200 to 330
  • 330 to 470
  • 470 to 840
  • 840 and over
Employer firms, 2023, count. Jackson County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Census Bureau. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

Definition

Number of firms in the private nonfarm sectors covered by the US Census Bureau Business Dynamics Statistics. Establishments under common ownership form one firm.

Excludes nonemployer businesses. Differs from active_companies, the INE DIRCE count, which includes businesses without employees.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Census Bureau. (2025). Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties (Employer firms, Jackson County, 1978 to 2023) [Data set]. Retrieved October 11, 2026, from https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv

MLA 9

Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Jackson County, 1978 to 2023. U.S. Census Bureau, 25 Sept. 2025, https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jackson-county-mississippi. Accessed 11 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Census Bureau. 2025. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Employer firms, Jackson County, 1978 to 2023. Dataset. Accessed October 11, 2026. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jackson-county-mississippi.

Harvard

U.S. Census Bureau (2025) Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties, Employer firms, Jackson County, 1978 to 2023 [Dataset]. Available at: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jackson-county-mississippi (Accessed: 11 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{census_employer_firms_jackson_county_2023,
  author = {{U.S. Census Bureau}},
  title = {{Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Jackson County, 1978 to 2023}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-11},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jackson-county-mississippi. Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023\_st\_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Census Bureau
TI  - Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties: Employer firms, Jackson County, 1978 to 2023
PY  - 2025
DA  - 2025/09/25
PB  - U.S. Census Bureau
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jackson-county-mississippi
Y2  - 2026/10/11
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/employer-firms/jackson-county-mississippi.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/bds/tables/time-series/2023/bds2023_st_cty.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-11.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest employer firms in Jackson County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"employer_firms","place":"us-county-28059"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=employer_firms&place=us-county-28059

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the employer firms in Jackson County?

Employer firms in Jackson County was 1,827 in 2023, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. That is up 0.3% from 2022. That is the 7th highest of 82 counties in 2023.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Census Bureau. Business Dynamics Statistics: employer firms, all covered industries, nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-11.

What was the highest employer firms in Jackson County?

1,944 in 2008, the highest value since 1978 in this series.

Related statistics for Jackson County

All statistics for Jackson County | Jackson County in figures