Jackson, Missouri

Jackson, Missouri
Jackson, Missouri
City
	Cape Girardeau County Courthouse
	Location of Jackson in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
	Jackson Jackson
	Coordinates: 37°22′48″N 89°39′29″W / 37.38000°N 89.65806°W
Country	United States
State	Missouri
County	Cape Girardeau
Named for	Andrew Jackson
Area
• Total	10.76 sq mi (27.87 km2)
• Land	10.75 sq mi (27.83 km2)
• Water	0.01 sq mi (0.04 km2)
Elevation	466 ft (142 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	15,481
• Density	1,440.63/sq mi (556.24/km2)
• Demonym	Jacksonian
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central (CST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP Code	63755
Area code	573
FIPS code	29-35648
GNIS feature ID	0720202
Website	City website

Jackson is a city in and the county seat of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, United States.^[4] It is a principal city of the Cape Girardeau–Jackson, MO-IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of Jackson was 15,481 at the 2020 census.^[5]

^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 28, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Jackson, Missouri
^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
^ "Find a County". National Association of Counties. Archived from the original on May 31, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2011.
^ Cite error: The named reference 2020 census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).