16,673 people (2024 Census estimate, −0.5% since 2020)
634 square miles of land · 26 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
13 active community water systems list Jackson County in the area they serve, reporting 27,947 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| CROSS COUNTY RURAL WATER SYS groundwater · local government · AR0000459 | 8,750 served |
| NEWPORT WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000264 | 6,204 served |
| INDEPENDENCE JACKSON REGIONAL groundwater · local government · AR0000774 | 2,922 served |
| BALD KNOB NORTH WATER ASSOC buys surface water · local government · AR0000689 | 2,610 served |
| TUCKERMAN WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000266 | 1,817 served |
| BRECKENRIDGE UNION WATER ASSOC groundwater · local government · AR0000223 | 1,225 served |
| DIAZ WATERWORKS buys groundwater · local government · AR0000269 | 1,215 served |
| SWIFTON WATERWORKS groundwater · local government · AR0000265 | 1,013 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 10 people were held in Jackson County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2018), or 90 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2013 it was about 68.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Jackson County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $19.5 million — $16.9 million to run schools, about $13,297 per student, plus $2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.4 million local (mostly property tax), $11.8 million state, $5.3 million federal. Long-term debt: $10.5 million.
Spent $11.7 million — $10.9 million to run schools, about $11,605 per student, plus $546,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $1.4 million local (mostly property tax), $8.4 million state, $2.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $7 million.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Relatively Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Jackson County about $17.2 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very High.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
136 bridges in Jackson County: 66 in good condition, 60 fair, and 10 poor (7.4%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| SH 17/Jackson Co. over VILLAGE CREEK · built 1948 | 3,852 vehicles a day |
| SH 367/Jackson Co. over DEPARTEE CREEK RELIEF · built 1935 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| SH 367/Jackson Co. over DEPARTEE CREEK · built 1935 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| SH 367/Jackson Co. over WHITE RIVER RELIEF · built 1936 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| SH 367/Jackson Co. over WHITE RIVER RELIEF · built 1934 | 1,800 vehicles a day |
| CR 4 / Jackson Co. over DEPARTEE CREEK · built 1997 | 504 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $2.6 million of work in Jackson County in fiscal 2025, about $153 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
General election: Tuesday, November 3, 2026. Last day to register to vote: 2026-10-05. Early voting: 2026-10-19 to 2026-11-02. Absentee application due (by mail, email, or fax): 2026-10-27. Absentee ballot hand-delivered by you: last day: 2026-10-30. Election Day — and mailed absentee ballots must arrive: 2026-11-03. Provisional ballot: show your ID by noon: 2026-11-09. General runoff (only where a race needs one): 2026-12-01.
Source: Arkansas Secretary of State, 2026 election calendar · Fayetteville Flyer, Oct. 5, 2026 · sos.arkansas.gov — voting in Arkansas
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Jackson County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Jackson County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Independence County (21 mi) · Woodruff County (28 mi) · Poinsett County (30 mi) · Lawrence County (31 mi) · Cross County (34 mi) · Craighead County (37 mi).