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Jackson County

county in Illinois, United States
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Summary

Jackson County is a county of Illinois[1]. It draws 556 Wikipedia views per month (county of illinois category, ranking #18 of 102).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Illinois[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Capital: Murphysboro[5]
  • Shares border with: Perry County[6], Union County[7], Williamson County[8], Randolph County[9], Franklin County[10]
  • Named after: Andrew Jackson[11]
  • Commons category: Jackson County, Illinois[12]
  • Inception: January 10, 1816[13]
  • Official website: http://www.co.jackson.il.us[14]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jackson County, Illinois[15]
  • Population: 60,218[16], 60,376[17], 60,308[18], 60,113[19], 59,814[20], 59,362[21], 52,974[22]
  • Official name: Jackson County[23]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Jackson County, Illinois[24]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Jackson County, Illinois[25]
  • Number of households: 24,208[26]
  • Native label: Jackson County[27]
  • NCI Thesaurus ID: C108321[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Jackson County, Illinois[29]
  • Area: 1561 km²[30]
  • Water as percent of area: 3 percent[31]
  • Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Jackson County, Illinois[32]
  • Per capita income: 26,656 US dollars[33]
  • P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, Illinois.tab[34]

Why It Matters

Jackson County has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 35 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

Andrew Jackson Illinois United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . murphysboro.com. murphysboro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . 2010 United States Census. Retrieved . census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . census.gov. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Population Estimates Program. census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . 2020 United States Census. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . murphysboro.com. murphysboro.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . 2016–2020 American Community Survey. Retrieved . data.census.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . 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. 3d ago · Schekinov Alexey Victorovich · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'bar', 'bg', 'bpy', 'cdo', 'ce', 'ceb', 'cy', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'es
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ Instance of: county of Illinois"
  2. 20d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 1280928336
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  3. 6w ago · Theklan · 2026-09-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14687 → Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, Ill
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14687: Data:US presidential elections by county/Jackson County, Illinois.tab, Link US presidential election dataset (P14687, subject: United States president"
  4. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Obo gazetteer id → 00185259
    Taxonomicon id → 1805318
    Umls cui → C3816468
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  5. 22w ago · Mahir256 · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Number of households → {'amount': '+24208'}
    Topic's main category → Category:Jackson County, Illinois
    Population → —
    Aliases → —
    + 27 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Nci thesaurus id: C108321, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1778695477825"
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