| ECONOMY | Jackson | Shreveport | United States |
| Unemployment Rate | 9.00% | 6.40% | 8.60% |
| Recent Job Growth | 0.38% | -0.25% | 0.35% |
| Future Job Growth | 31.76% | 33.10% | 32.10% |
| Sales Taxes | 9.75% | 8.60% | 5.00% |
| Income Taxes | 6.00% | 4.00% | 4.70% |
| Income per Cap. | $22,754 | $23,786 | $26,154 |
| Household Income | $40,772 | $40,311 | $50,935 |
| ESTIMATED HOUSEHOLDS BY HOUSEHOLD INCOME | | | |
| Income Less Than 15K | 16.82% | 18.27% | 12.37% |
| Income between 15K and 25K | 13.69% | 13.47% | 10.53% |
| Income between 25K and 35K | 12.59% | 12.24% | 10.88% |
| Income between 35K and 50K | 17.54% | 15.49% | 15.37% |
| Income between 50K and 75K | 18.27% | 17.48% | 20.14% |
| Income between 75K and 100K | 9.39% | 9.51% | 12.41% |
| Income between 100K and 150K | 6.90% | 8.30% | 11.27% |
| Income between 150K and 250K | 3.34% | 3.60% | 5.01% |
| Income between 250K and 500K | 1.33% | 1.50% | 1.86% |
| Income greater than 500K | 0.13% | 0.13% | 0.16% |
| POPULATION BY OCCUPATION | | | |
| Management, Business, and Financial Operations | 11.89% | 10.93% | 14.04% |
| Professional and Related Occupations | 22.76% | 20.76% | 20.61% |
| Service | 14.33% | 19.54% | 14.45% |
| Sales and Office | 25.58% | 27.03% | 26.75% |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 0.28% | 0.19% | 0.70% |
| Construction, Extraction, and Maintenance | 6.69% | 8.01% | 9.42% |
| Production, Transportation, and Material Moving | 18.49% | 13.53% | 14.05% |
