Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the central region of the U.S. state of

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that covers seven counties: Copiah,

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, and Yazoo. As of the 2010 census, the Jackson MSA had a population of 586,320. According to 2019 estimates, the population has slightly increased to 594,806.

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is the principal city of the MSA.

Counties

* Copiah *

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Communities

Places with more than 25,000 inhabitants

(Principal City) **Jackson is the capital of and the most populous city in the State of Mississippi. It is one of the

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s of Hinds County (

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being the other). As of the 2020 census, Jackson's population was 153,701. *

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Places with 10,000 to 25,000 inhabitants

* Byram *

Canton Canton may refer to: Administrative division terminology * Canton (administrative division), territorial/administrative division in some countries, notably Switzerland * Township (Canada), known as ''canton'' in Canadian French Arts and ente ...

Flowood Flowood is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 10,202 at the 2020 U.S. Census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area. History In 1950, a delegation from Flowood petitioned Governor Fielding L ...

* Ridgeland *

Yazoo City Yazoo City is a U.S. city in Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle in 1682 as "Rivière des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mo ...

Places with 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants

* Crystal Springs *

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* Gluckstadt *

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* Hazlehurst * Lexington * Magee * Mendenhall * Pelahatchie * Pickens *

* Richland * Tchula *

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Places with fewer than 1,000 inhabitants

* Beauregard *

Bentonia Bentonia is a town in Yazoo County, Mississippi, United States. The population as of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census was 319. The Bentonia School of blues singing and guitar-playing is named for Bentonia. History Bentonia began as a ...

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* Braxton * Cruger * D'Lo *

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* Puckett * Satartia *

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* Utica *

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Unincorporated places

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 497,197 people, 180,556 households, and 127,704 families residing within the MSA. The racial makeup of the MSA was 53.02%

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, 45.29%

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, 0.13% Native American, 0.67% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.29% from

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, and 0.60% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 0.98% of the population.

Geography and climate

The Jackson metropolitan area possesses a humid subtropical climate, with very hot, humid summers and mild winters. Rain is very evenly spread throughout the year, and snow can fall in wintertime, although heavy snowfall is relatively rare. Much of the areas rainfall occurs during thunderstorms. Thunder is heard on roughly 70 days per annum. The Jackson metropolitan area lies in a region prone to

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s which can produce large

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, damaging winds and

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es. The most damaging tornado in Mississippi history occurred on March 3, 1966, when an EF-5 tornado spawned in southwest Hinds County and proceeded to move northeasterly for several hours until finally lifting in southwest

Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Tuscaloosa County is a county in the northwest-central portion of the U.S. state of Alabama and is the center of commerce, education, industry, health care, and entertainment for the region. The county's population was 227,036 as of the 2020 c ...

. The storm, called the

Candlestick Park Candlestick Park was an outdoor stadium on the West Coast of the United States, located in San Francisco's Bayview Heights area. The stadium was originally the home of Major League Baseball's San Francisco Giants, who played there from 1960 ...

tornado for a destroyed Jackson shopping center, killed 58 and injured 216.

Industry

The metro area is home to several major industries. These include electrical equipment and machinery, processed food, and primary and fabricated metal products. The surrounding area supports agricultural development of livestock, soybeans, cotton, and poultry.

Education

Colleges and universities

Belhaven University Belhaven University (Belhaven or BU) is a private evangelical Christian university in Jackson, Mississippi. Founded in 1883, the university offers traditional majors, programs of general studies, and pre-professional programs in Christian Minist ...

(

) ** Copiah-Lincoln Community College (

) **

Delta Technical College Delta Technical College (Delta Tech) is a private for-profit career college in Horn Lake, Mississippi. It was founded in 2004 and is a branch school of Midwest Technical Institute based in Springfield, Illinois. Delta Technical College has cam ...

( Ridgeland) www.deltatechnicalcollege.com **

Hinds Community College Hinds Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Raymond, Mississippi and branches in Jackson and Vicksburg. The Hinds Community College District includes Hinds County, Claiborne County, part of Copiah County, R ...

(

with branch campus in Jackson) **

Holmes Community College Holmes Community College is a public community college headquartered in Goodman, Mississippi. It also has campuses in Grenada; Ridgeland; and Goodman, the location of the main or original campus. Holmes has satellite campuses in Attala, We ...

(

with branch campus in Ridgeland) **

Jackson State University Jackson State University (Jackson State or JSU) is a public historically black research university in Jackson, Mississippi. It is one of the largest HBCUs in the United States and the fourth largest university in Mississippi in terms of stude ...

(

) **

Millsaps College Millsaps College is a private liberal arts college in Jackson, Mississippi. It was founded in 1890 and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. History The college was founded in 1889–90 by a Confederate veteran, Major Reuben Webster ...

(

) **

Mississippi College Mississippi College (MC) is a private Baptist university in Clinton, Mississippi. Founded in 1826, MC is the second-oldest Baptist-affiliated college or university in the United States and the oldest college or university in Mississippi. Histo ...

(

) ***

Mississippi College School of Law Mississippi College School of Law is an American Bar Association accredited law school. MC Law is one of only two law schools in the state of Mississippi, and is the only law school in the capital city of Jackson, Mississippi. The school is a pro ...

(

) **

Reformed Theological Seminary Reformed Theological Seminary (RTS) is a theological seminary in the Reformed theological tradition with campuses in multiple locations in the United States. Founded by conservatives in the Southern Presbyterian Church, the Presbyterian Church in ...

(

) **

Tougaloo College Tougaloo College is a private historically black college in the Tougaloo area of Jackson, Mississippi. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It was originally established in 1869 by New Y ...

(

) **

University of Mississippi Medical Center University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) is the health sciences campus of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) and is located in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. UMMC, also referred to as the Medical Center, is the state's only ac ...

(

) **University Center (

)) - serves as branch campuses for the

University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi ( byname Ole Miss) is a public research university that is located adjacent to Oxford, Mississippi, and has a medical center in Jackson. It is Mississippi's oldest public university and its largest by enrollment. ...

Mississippi State University Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a public land-grant research university adjacent to Starkville, Mississippi. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Univer ...

, and

University of Southern Mississippi The University of Southern Mississippi (Southern Miss or USM) is a Public university, public research university with its main campus located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to a ...

. **

Wesley Biblical Seminary Wesley Biblical Seminary is an interdenominational Evangelical Christian seminary in Ridgeland, Mississippi. The seminary's history and teachings align with Wesleyan-Arminian (Methodist) tradition. It was founded in 1974 and serves men and women ...

(

) ** Wesley College (

)

Public school districts

Canton Public School District The Canton Public School District is a public school district based in Canton, Mississippi (USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United Sta ...

(serves the city of

) **

Clinton Public School District The Clinton Public School District is a public school district based in Clinton, Mississippi ( USA). Schools School segregation in the district ended in 1970. In fulfilling desegregation requirements, the district implemented a setup in which e ...

(serves the city of

) **

Copiah County School District The Copiah County School District is a public school district based in Copiah County, Mississippi ( USA). The district serves the communities of Crystal Springs, Wesson, Georgetown, and Beauregard. Schools *Crystal Springs, Mississippi **Cry ...

(serves

Copiah County Copiah County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 28,368. The county seat is Hazlehurst. With an eastern border formed by the Pearl River, Copiah County is part of the Jackson, MS Me ...

) **

Hazlehurst City School District The Hazlehurst City School District is a public school district based in Hazlehurst, Mississippi ( USA). History In 2008 the Mississippi state government assumed management of the district due to poor performance. Jackie Mader of '' The Hechinge ...

(serves the city of Hazlehurst) ** Hinds County School District (serves

Hinds County Hinds County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. With its county seats (Raymond and the state's capital, Jackson), Hinds is the most populous county in Mississippi with a 2020 census population of 227,742 residents. Hinds Co ...

outside of the Jackson city limits) ** Holmes County School District (serves Holmes County) **

Jackson Public School District The Jackson Public School District (JPSD) or Jackson Public Schools (JPS) is a public school district serving the majority of Jackson, the state capital and largest city of the U.S. state of Mississippi. Established in 1888, it is the second la ...

(serves the city of

) ** Madison County School District (serves Madison County outside Canton) **

Pearl Public School District The Pearl Public School District is a public school district based in Pearl, Mississippi ( USA) in Greater Jackson. Schools * Pearl High School (Grades 9 through 12) Built in 1989; Expansions* in 1997, 2003 and 2005City of Pearl, Mississippi 200 ...

(serves the city of

) **

Rankin County School District The Rankin County School District is the 3rd largest public school district in Mississippi. The district office is located in Brandon, Mississippi ( USA). In addition to Brandon, the district serves most of Rankin County, including the commun ...

(serves Rankin County) **

Simpson County School District The Simpson County School District is a public school district based in Mendenhall, Mississippi, USA. The district's boundaries parallel those of Simpson County. Schools *Magee High School *Mendenhall High School *Magee Middle School *Menden ...

(serves Simpson County) **

Yazoo County School District The Yazoo County School District (YCSD) is a public school district headquartered in unincorporated Yazoo County, Mississippi ( USA), near Yazoo City. The district serves areas of Yazoo County not in the Yazoo City city limits; its area inclu ...

(serves

Yazoo County Yazoo County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,065. The county seat is Yazoo City. It is named for the Yazoo River, which forms its western border. Its name is said to come from a ...

)

Private schools

Benton Academy Benton Academy is an independent, co-educational college preparatory school in Benton, Mississippi (United States). It is a member of the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools. It was founded as a segregation academy in 1969, and still d ...

(

Benton Benton may refer to: Places Canada *Benton, a local service district south of Woodstock, New Brunswick *Benton, Newfoundland and Labrador United Kingdom * Benton, Devon, near Bratton Fleming * Benton, Tyne and Wear United States *Benton, Alabam ...

) *

Canton Academy Canton Academy, officially known as the Canton Academic Foundation, is a segregation academy in Canton, Mississippi, the county seat of Madison County. It serves 285 students in grades K-12. History Canton opened in January 1970 as a segregat ...

(

) * Central Hinds Academy (

) *

Central Holmes Christian School Central Holmes Christian School (CHCS), previously Central Holmes Academy, is a private non-sectarian Christian school in Lexington, Mississippi. It includes elementary, middle, and high school grades 1-12. The school has a controversial history a ...

( Lexington) * Christ Covenant School ( Ridgeland) * Clinton Christian Academy (

) *

Copiah Academy Copiah Academy is an independent, coeducational, school for students in grades K3-12. The Copiah Educational Foundation established the school in 1967 as a segregation academy. The school is located in Copiah County, near the unincorporated comm ...

( Gallman) * Discovery Christian School (

) * East Rankin Academy ( Pelahatchie) * Emmanuel Christian School (

) * First Presbyterian Day School (

) *

Hartfield Academy Hartfield Academy (or simply known as Hartfield) is an independent private school in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States. The school hosts K3–12th and has two campuses, West and East. Hartfield's main west campus, located in Flowood, M ...

(

) *

Hillcrest Christian School Hillcrest Christian School is a private Christian school in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. The school traces its history to a segregation academy founded by the White Citizens Council. History Racial segregation Hillcrest was established ...

(

) * Jackson Academy (

) *

Jackson Preparatory School Jackson Preparatory School (Jackson Prep) is an independent, coeducational, day school enrolling 700 students in grades five through twelve. The school is located in Flowood, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson, and has a controversial history as a ...

(

) *

Madison-Ridgeland Academy Madison-Ridgeland Academy (MRA, Madison-Ridgeland) is a private, co-educational school in Madison, Mississippi, for students from K-3 through 12th grade. It was founded in 1969 as a segregation academy. There are 4 divisions; the Kindergarten (K3- ...

(

) * Manchester Academy (

) * Mount Salus Christian School (

) * New Jerusalem Christian School (

) * Park Place Christian Academy (

) *

Piney Woods Country Life School The Piney Woods Country Life School (or The Piney Woods School) is a co-educational independent historically African-American boarding school for grades 9–12 in Piney Woods, unincorporated Rankin County, Mississippi. It is south of Jackso ...

(rural Rankin County) https://www.pineywoods.org/ * REBUL Academy (

) * Simpson Academy ( Mendenhall) * St. Augustine Christian School ( Ridgeland) * St. Andrew's Episcopal School (middle and upper schools Ridgeland; lower school

) *

St. Joseph Catholic School St. Joseph's School, St. Joseph's Catholic School, St Joseph's School, St Joseph's Catholic School, and variants are frequently used school names, and may refer to: Africa *St Joseph's School, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Asia *St Joseph Higher Seconda ...

* Tri-County Academy (

)

Media

Newspapers

Daily

* ''

The Clarion-Ledger ''The Clarion Ledger'' is an American daily newspaper in Jackson, Mississippi. It is the second-oldest company in the state of Mississippi, and is one of the few newspapers in the nation that continues to circulate statewide. It is an operating d ...

'' statewide general interest newspaper, a
http://www.clarionledger.com

Weekly

* ''Copiah Monitor'', weekly newspaper serving

(home office Hazelhurst), a
http://www.copiahmonitor.com
* ''Hinds County Gazette'', weekly newspaper serving

(home office

), a
http://www.hindscountygazette.com
* ''

Jackson Advocate Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Qu ...

'', weekly newspaper and oldest newspaper serving the state's African-American community, a
http://www.jacksonadvocate.com
* ''

Jackson Free Press The ''Jackson Free Press'', referred to often as simply "JFP", is a for-profit community magazine available free of charge at various retail establishments in Jackson, Mississippi founded in 2002 and owned by Mississippi native Donna Ladd and a ...

'', alternative newspaper, with focus on politics, entertainment and culture; blogs and discussion a
http://www.jacksonfreepress.com
* ''La Noticia de Mississippi'' – Voz de la Comunidad Latina – The Mississippi Hispanic Newspaper a
http://www.lanoticianewspaper.com/
* ''The Mississippi Link'' weekly statewide general interest newspaper (home office

), focusing on the African American community, a
http://www.themississippilink.com
* ''

Mississippi Business Journal ''The Mississippi Business Journal'' is a statewide weekly business newspaper, located in Jackson, Mississippi. Each issue contains news coverage relating to the Mississippi business world along with regular opinion and freelance columns. Issues ...

'' weekly newspaper (home office

), with focus on business and economic development, a
http://www.msbusiness.com
* ''The Northside Sun'' weekly newspaper, with focus on Northeast Jackson,

and Ridgeland, a
http://www.northsidesun.com
* ''B Fit and Healthy Magazine'', Health and Fitness Magazine for Mississippians, a
http://bfitandhealthymagazine.com
* ''Holmes County Herald'', weekly newspaper serving Holmes County (home office Lexington, a
http://www.holmescountyherald.com
* ''Madison County Herald'', weekly newspaper serving Madison County (home office

), a
http://www.mcherald.com
* ''Madison County Journal'', weekly newspaper serving mostly Madison County suburbs of

(home office Ridgeland), a
http://www.onlinemadison.net
* ''Rankin County News'', weekly newspaper serving Rankin County (home office

), a
http://www.rankincn.com
* ''Magee Herald/Simpson County News'', weekly newspaper serving Simpson County (offices in Magee and Mendenhall), a
//www.simpsoncounty.ms
* ''

Yazoo Herald Yazoo may refer to: Businesses and organizations *Yazoo Brewing Company, a brewery in Nashville, Tennessee, United States * Yazoo/Kees (originally Yazoo Manufacturing Company), a maker of lawn mowers owned by Husqvarna *Yazoo Records, an American ...

'', weekly newspaper serving

(home office

), a
http://www.yazooherald.net

Historic

* The Jackson ''

Mississippian Mississippian may refer to: * Mississippian (geology), a subperiod of the Carboniferous period in the geologic timescale, roughly 360 to 325 million years ago *Mississippian culture, a culture of Native American mound-builders from 900 to 1500 AD ...

'', circulated during the 19th century * ''Jackson Daily News'', evening newspaper in Jackson (published 1907 to 1934; merged with

in 1934 but editorially operated separately; discontinued publishing in 1982) * ''Jackson State-Times'', daily newspaper in Jackson (published 1952 to 1963)

Publishing

University Press of Mississippi The University Press of Mississippi, founded in 1970, is a publisher that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi. Universities * Alcorn State University * Delta State University * Jackson State University * Mississippi Stat ...

, the state's only not-for-profit publishing house and collective publisher for Mississippi's eight state universities, producing works on local history, culture and society

Television

All stations are licensed to Jackson unless otherwise noted: * Channel 3,

WLBT WLBT (channel 3) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with NBC. It is owned by Gray Television, which also operates American Spirit Media–owned Fox affiliate WDBD (channel 40) and Vicksburg-licensed My ...

NBC The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American English-language commercial broadcast television and radio network. The flagship property of the NBC Entertainment division of NBCUniversal, a division of Comcast, its headquarters ...

* Channel 6,

WJMF-LD WJMF-LD, virtual channel, virtual and very high frequency, VHF digital terrestrial television, digital channel 6, is a low-power broadcasting#Television, low-power television station city of license, licensed to Jackson, Mississippi, United States ...

* Channel 12, WJTV:

CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened to CBS, the abbreviation of its former legal name Columbia Broadcasting System, is an American commercial broadcast television and radio network serving as the flagship property of the CBS Entertainme ...

* Channel 16,

WAPT WAPT (channel 16) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with ABC. The station is owned by Hearst Television, and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Channel 16 Way (off MS 18) in southwest Jack ...

ABC ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet. ABC or abc may also refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting * American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster ** Disney–ABC Television ...

* Channel 23,

WWJX WWJX (channel 23) is a religious television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, owned and operated by Tri-State Christian Television (TCT). The station's transmitter is located in Hinds County, Mississippi, between Crystal Springs and ...

: TCT * Channel 29, WMPN:

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of ed ...

Mississippi Public Broadcasting Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) is the public broadcasting state network serving the U.S. state of Mississippi. It is owned by the Mississippi Authority for Educational Television (MAET), an agency of the Government of Mississippi, state go ...

* Channel 34,

WRBJ-TV WRBJ-TV (channel 34) is a religious television station licensed to Magee, Mississippi, United States, serving the Jackson, Hattiesburg and Meridian television markets as an owned-and-operated station of the Trinity Broadcasting Network (TBN). Th ...

: TBN, licensed to Magee * Channel 35,

WLOO WLOO (channel 35) is a television station licensed to Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States, serving the Jackson area as an affiliate of MyNetworkTV. Owned by Tougaloo College, it has a joint sales agreement (JSA) with Fox affiliate WDBD (c ...

My Network TV MyNetworkTV (unofficially abbreviated MyTV, MyNet, MNT or MNTV, and sometimes referred to as My Network) is an American commercial broadcast television syndication service and former television network owned by Fox Corporation, operated by it ...

, licensed to Jackson suburb Tougaloo * Channel 40,

WDBD WDBD (channel 40) is a television station in Jackson, Mississippi, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. It is owned by American Spirit Media, which maintains a shared services agreement (SSA) with Gray Television, owner of NBC affiliat ...

Fox Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. They have a flattened skull, upright, triangular ears, a pointed, slightly upturned snout, and a long bushy tail (or ''brush''). Twelv ...

FM radio

AM radio

* 620 WJDX:

News/Talk Talk radio is a radio format containing discussion about topical issues and consisting entirely or almost entirely of original spoken word content rather than outside music. Most shows are regularly hosted by a single individual, and often featur ...

* 780

WIIN WIIN (780 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Ridgeland, Mississippi. The station is owned by The Radio People and licensed to New South Radio, Inc. The station's studios are in Ridgeland, with a transmitter located west of the city along ...

: Blues * 810

WSJC WSJC (810 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Magee, Mississippi. The station is owned by Family Talk Radio. It airs a Religious radio format. The station has been assigned these call letters by the Federal Communications Commission ...

: Religious * 930

WSFZ WSFZ (930 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Jackson, Mississippi. The station is owned by iHeartMedia. As of December 1, 2020, WSFZ is broadcasting an African-American oriented all-news format. History WSLI signed on in September 1938, ...

with programming from

Black Information Network Black Information Network (BIN) is a radio network and content brand owned by iHeartMedia. Launched on June 30, 2020, it is an all-news radio network of stations targeting the African American community, carrying mostly important national news hea ...

* 970

WFQY WFQY is a classic hip-hop radio station, licensed to Brandon, Mississippi and serving the Jackson, Mississippi area. From July 2019 to June 2020, WFQY has been simulcasting WJMF-LP (87-7 The Bridge). The station began as WRKN in the late 1960s a ...

: Hip Hop * 1000

WXTN WXTN (1000 AM) is an American radio station licensed to serve Benton, Mississippi, United States. The station, established in 1959, is owned by Holmes County Broadcasting Company, LLC. Former owner Brad Cothran died in a one-car traffic collisio ...

: Religious * 1120

WTWZ WTWZ (1120 AM) is a radio station licensed to serve Clinton, Mississippi. The station is owned by Wood Broadcasting. Its format is Oldies, with religious programming every morning. The station has been assigned these call letters by the Feder ...

Folk Folk or Folks may refer to: Sociology *Nation *People * Folklore ** Folk art ** Folk dance ** Folk hero ** Folk music *** Folk metal *** Folk punk *** Folk rock ** Folk religion * Folk taxonomy Arts, entertainment, and media * Folk Plus or Fol ...

* 1150

WONG Wong may refer to: Name * Wong (surname), a Chinese surname Places * Wong Chuk Hang, an area to the east of Aberdeen on Hong Kong Island * Wong Chuk Hang Estate, a public housing estate in Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong * Wong Chuk Hang Road, a ...

: Hip Hop * 1180

WJNT WJNT (1180 AM) is a radio station licensed to Pearl, Mississippi. WJNT is currently owned by Alpha Media through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC and its sister stations are WJMI, WKXI-FM, WOAD, WRKS, and WJQS. All six stations have shared stu ...

: News/Talk * 1240

WZQK WZQK is a radio station licensed to Flowood, Mississippi. From November 9, 1992 until September 30, 2020, the station's call sign was WPBQ. Its previous format was urban contemporary, urban variety, a blend of contemporary hip-hop, urban gospel, ...

: Country * 1300

WOAD ''Isatis tinctoria'', also called woad (), dyer's woad, or glastum, is a flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae (the mustard family) with a documented history of use as a blue dye and medicinal plant. Its genus name, Isatis, derives from ...

: Gospel Music * 1370

WMGO WMGO (1370 AM broadcasting, AM) is a radio station broadcasting a full service format. Licensed to Canton, Mississippi, United States, the station serves the Jackson, Mississippi area. The station is currently owned by WMGO Broadcasting Corp. Hi ...

: Variety * 1400

WJQS WJQS (1400 AM) is a sports talk radio station in Jackson, Mississippi, owned by Alpha Media through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC. Along with five other sister stations, its studios are located in Ridgeland, a suburb of Jackson, while the ...

: Sports

Points of interest

Sports

Sports teams in the Jackson Metro area

Mississippi Braves The Mississippi Braves, or M-Braves as they are referred to locally, are a Minor League Baseball team based in Pearl, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson. The team is the Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and plays in the Southern League. ...

—minor league baseball affiliate (AA) of the Atlanta Braves. The team plays at

Trustmark Park Trustmark Park is the home of the Mississippi Braves, the Southern League Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves and is located in Pearl, Mississippi, USA. The ballpark, which opened April 18, 2005, has capacity for 8,480 fans. There are 5,500 ...

Pearl, Mississippi Pearl is a city in Rankin County, Mississippi, United States, located on the east side of the Pearl River across from the state capital Jackson. The population was 25,092 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Jackson Metropolitan Statistical Area ...

. *

Mississippi Brilla Mississippi Brilla is an amateur American soccer club based in Clinton, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 2006, the team plays in USL League Two. The team's colors are sky blue, navy and white. Brilla is associated with Brilla Soccer Mini ...

—minor league soccer team in the

Premier Development League USL League Two (USL2), formerly the Premier Development League (PDL), is a semi-professional developmental soccer league sponsored by United Soccer Leagues in the United States and Canada, forming part of the United States soccer league syste ...

. The team plays at Clinton High School in

Clinton, Mississippi Clinton is a city in Hinds County, Mississippi, United States. Situated in the Jackson metropolitan area, it is the tenth largest city in Mississippi. The population was 28,100 at the 2020 United States census. History Founded in 1823, Clint ...

. *Mississippi Raiders—Arena Indoor Football League team which plays its home games at the

Mississippi Coliseum The Mississippi Coliseum is a 6,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Jackson, Mississippi, built in 1962 and located on the Mississippi State Fairgrounds complex. The arena has 6,812 seats available for basketball, and can be expanded to 10,000 for ...

Summer Training Camp

New Orleans Saints The New Orleans Saints are a professional American football team based in New Orleans. The Saints compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) South division. Since 1975, the te ...

, Jackson's

is the former summer home for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL from 2006 to 2010

Sports venues in the Jackson Metro area

Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium has been the home stadium of the Jackson State Tigers football team since 1970. Originally known a ...

—Concerts, Football (home of Jackson State University) *

—Basketball, Hockey, Track, Rodeo, Concerts *

Smith Wills Stadium Smith may refer to: People * Metalsmith, or simply smith, a craftsman fashioning tools or works of art out of various metals * Smith (given name) * Smith (surname), a family name originating in England, Scotland and Ireland ** List of people wi ...

—Baseball, Softball, Football, Soccer, Concerts *

—Baseball *

Parham Bridges Parham may refer to: People * Parham (surname), a surname of Anglo-Saxon English origin Places Antigua and Barbuda * Parham, Antigua and Barbuda, that claims to be the oldest town on Antigua * Parham Peninsula Australia * Parham, South Au ...

—Tennis

Professional events

Sanderson Farms Championship The Sanderson Farms Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, played annually in Mississippi. It moved to the Country Club of Jackson in Jackson in autumn 2014, early in the 2015 season. The tournament has been part of the P ...

-PGA Tour event held in May at Country Club of Jackson

Former professional sports teams

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding ...

Jackson Senators The Jackson Senators was the name of at least two minor league baseball teams that played in Jackson, Mississippi. First team The first known Jackson Senators club competed in the Delta League in 1904. Jackson also played as a member of the Cott ...

, Independent (2001–2004) **

Jackson Diamond Kats Jackson may refer to: People and fictional characters * Jackson (name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the surname or given name Places Australia * Jackson, Queensland, a town in the Maranoa Region * Jackson North, Qu ...

of the independent

Texas–Louisiana League The Central Baseball League, formerly the Texas–Louisiana League, was a independent baseball league whose member teams were not affiliated with any Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises. In 1991, potential owners, Dallas businessman Byron P ...

(2000) **

Jackson Generals The Jackson Generals were a professional baseball team located in Jackson, Tennessee. From 1998 to 2020, they were a part of Minor League Baseball's Southern League (SL) as the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs (1998–2006), Seattle Mari ...

, former

Texas League The Texas League is a Minor League Baseball league which has operated in the South Central United States since 1902. It is classified as a Double-A league. Despite the league's name, only its five South Division teams are actually based in the ...

AA affiliate of the

Houston Astros The Houston Astros are an American professional baseball team based in Houston, Texas. The Astros compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division, having moved to the division in 2013 after ...

(1991–1999) **Jackson Mets, former Texas League AA affiliate of the New York Mets (1975–1990) *Basketball **Jackson Wildcats, United States Basketball League **Mississippi Rage, World Basketball Association **Mississippi Hardhats, World Basketball Association *Ice hockey, Hockey **Jackson Bandits -- East Coast Hockey League *Soccer **Jackson Calypso—Women's Soccer **Jackson Rockers—Men's Soccer **Jackson Chargers—Men's Soccer *American football, Football **Mississippi Pride -- Regional Football League **Las Vegas Posse -- Canadian Football League—As a historical note, the team almost moved to Jackson, but efforts to relocate the team to Mississippi failed.

Transportation

Air travel

The Jackson metro area is served by Jackson-Evers International Airport, located at Allen C. Thompson Field, east of the city in Rankin County between

and

. Its IATA code is JAN. The airport has non-stop service to 12 cities throughout the United States and is served by four mainline carriers (American, Delta, United, and Southwest). JAN also serves as host for the State of Mississippi's and private citizens' jet aircraft. On 22 December 2004, Jackson City Council members voted 6–0 to rename Jackson International Airport in honor of slain Civil Rights Movement, civil rights leader and NAACP field secretary for Mississippi, Medgar Evers. This decision took effect on 22 January 2005. Formerly Jackson was served by Hawkins Field Airport, located in northwest Jackson, with IATA code HKS, which is now used for private air traffic only. A proposed new access from the downtown Jackson area to the Jackson-Evers International Airport is the Airport Parkway (Mississippi), Airport Parkway project. This parkway will connect High Street in downtown Jackson to Mississippi Highway 475 at the airport. The parkway will be of interstate standards and designated Interstate 755 (Mississippi), Interstate 755 with access to both Flowood and Pearl. Although approved in 2008 with studies completed and right-of-way obtained, no construction has been done as of 2022.

Ground transportation

Interstate highways

Interstate 55
Runs north-south from Chicago through Jackson towards Brookhaven, Mississippi, Brookhaven, McComb, Mississippi, McComb, and the Louisiana state line to New Orleans. Jackson is roughly halfway between New Orleans and Memphis, Tennessee. The highway maintains eight to ten lanes in northern part of city, six lanes in the center and south of I-20. I-20

Interstate 20
Runs east-west from near El Paso, Texas, to Florence, South Carolina. Jackson is roughly halfway between Dallas, and Atlanta. The highway is six lanes from Interstate 220 to MS 468 in Pearl. I-220

Interstate 220 (Mississippi), Interstate 220
Connects Interstates 55 and 20 on the north and west sides of the city and is four lanes throughout its route.

U.S. highways

U.S. Highway 49
Runs north-south from the Arkansas state line at Lula, Mississippi, Lula via Clarksdale, Mississippi, Clarksdale and

, to Interstate 220 (Mississippi), I-220 on the northwest side of Jackson. The highway then follows I-220 to I-20, where it heads east to just pass the I-55/I-20 split in

. From Pearl US 49 goes south towards Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Hattiesburg and Gulfport, Mississippi, Gulfport. US 51

U.S. Highway 51
The predecessor route from Chicago to New Orleans, US 51 runs along with I-55 from County Line Road on the Jackson/ Ridgeland border to

. US 51 runs separately to the north in Ridgeland and to the south from Terry. The former route of Hwy 51 is designated as State Street through Jackson and connects with I-55/I-20 south of the interstate split in South Jackson US 80

U.S. Highway 80
Roughly parallels Interstate 20.

State highways

Mississippi Highway 18
Runs southwest towards

, Utica, and Port Gibson, Mississippi, Port Gibson; southeast towards Bay Springs, Mississippi, Bay Springs and Quitman, Mississippi, Quitman. Circle sign 25

Mississippi Highway 25
Some parts of this road are known as Lakeland Drive, which runs northeast towards Carthage, Mississippi, Carthage and Starkville, Mississippi, Starkville.

Other roads

In addition, the area is served by the Natchez Trace Parkway, which runs from north of the city through Ridgeland and

. Overall the federally-regulated parkway runs from Natchez, Mississippi, Natchez to Nashville, Tennessee.

Bus service

JATRAN
(Jackson Transit System) operates hourly or half-hourly during daytime hours on weekdays, and mostly hourly on Saturdays. No evening or Sunday service is operated.

Railroads

Jackson is served by the Canadian National Railway (formerly the Illinois Central Railroad). The Kansas City Southern Railway also serves the city. The Canadian National has a medium-sized yard downtown which Mill Street parallels and the Kansas City Southern has a large classification yard in Richland. Amtrak, the national passenger rail system, provides service to Jackson. The Amtrak station is located at 300 West Capitol Street. Amtrak's southbound City of New Orleans (train), City of New Orleans provides service from Jackson to New Orleans and some points between. The northbound City of New Orleans provides service from Jackson to Memphis, Tennessee, Memphis, Carbondale, Illinois, Carbondale, Champaign, Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Union Station (Chicago), Chicago and some points between. Efforts to establish service with another Amtrak train, the Crescent Star, an extension of the Crescent (Amtrak), Crescent westward from Meridian, Mississippi, to Dallas, Texas, failed in 2003.

References

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Sports teams in the Jackson Metro area

Summer Training Camp

Sports venues in the Jackson Metro area

Professional events

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Transportation

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See also

References