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Jackson County

county in Missouri, United States
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Summary

Jackson County is a county of Missouri[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of county of missouri entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,696 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: GovAI Coalition[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Missouri[4]
  • Country: United States[5]
  • Capital: Kansas City[6], Independence[7]
  • Shares border with: Clay County[8], Cass County[9], Ray County[10], Lafayette County[11], Johnson County[12], Wyandotte County[13]
  • Named after: Andrew Jackson[14]
  • Commons category: Jackson County, Missouri[15]
  • Inception: December 15, 1826[16]
  • Coordinate location: 39.01, -94.34[17]
  • Official website: http://www.jacksongov.org[18]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jackson County, Missouri[19]
  • Population: 674,158[20], 674,934[21], 675,267[22], 677,244[23], 679,996[24], 687,623[25], 717,204[26]
  • List of monuments: National Register of Historic Places listings in Jackson County, Missouri[27]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Jackson County, Missouri[28]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Jackson County, Missouri[29]
  • Number of households: 291,532[30]
  • Native label: Jackson County[31]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C109218[32]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Jackson County, Missouri[33]
  • Area: 1596[34]
  • Water as percent of area: 1.9[35]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Jackson County, Missouri[36]
  • Social media followers: 10,596[37], 9383[38], 11,443[39], 11,842[40]
  • Per capita income: 32,462[41]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, Missouri.tab[42]

Why It Matters

Jackson County has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

Related Entities

Andrew Jackson Missouri United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, Mis
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, Missouri.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States president"
  2. 20w ago · Mxn · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Member of → GovAI Coalition
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Member of: GovAI Coalition, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/258464|batch #258464]]"
  3. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Umls cui → C3816462
    Country → United States
    Area → {'amount': '+1596'}
    Obo gazetteer id → 00185172
    + 31 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/31546|batch #31546]]"
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