COUNTY FATALITY DATA
Jackson County, Mississippi
Road fatality data for Jackson County (MS). Data period: 2016-2023.
- 217
- Total Fatalities (2016-2023)
- 24
- Latest Year Deaths
- 16.4
- Per 100k Residents
- Increasing
- Trend
The verdict
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System, Jackson County ranks #1,126 of 2,328 U.S. counties by road-fatality rate per 100,000 residents (highest first) and #51 of 64 rated counties in MS. Jackson County's fatality rate of 16.4 per 100,000 residents places it close to the national middle by that per-capita measure.
- #1,126 of 2,328
- national by fatality rate
- #51 of 64
- in MS by rate
- 48%
- of rated U.S. counties are deadlier per capita
- Increasing
- fatality trend
Highway fatality milepost
Milepost JACKSON-59 · Jackson 16.4/100k · #1,126 of 2,328
Jackson County · 16.4/100k · increasing · cause n/a
- FARS 16.4/100k
- NHTSA #1,126 of 2,328
- MILE 217 book
- POST Increasing
- BAND 197 crash
- VOL -43.8% vs MS
Stamps derive from this county's NHTSA FARS row (per-100k or book, corpus rank, trend, nationwide peer NAME, vs-state gap), not a trip-risk forecast. PlainRoadSafety is informational only. See our disclaimer. Verify with NHTSA FARS → · Read with methodology → · Understanding road fatality data → · Mississippi state profile →
How does Jackson County compare?
2023 road deaths per 100,000 residents. Choose any comparison from the menu.
Jackson County is 44% safer than the comparison
2023 road deaths from the NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System over population from the U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (Vintage 2023). Rates shown for counties with 10,000+ residents and a 2023 FARS record.
Among the 15 rated counties in Mississippi, Jackson County ranks 15 for per-capita risk, below the state's own per-capita average of 29.2 per 100,000 -- nationally, this rate places it close to the national middle by that per-capita measure. The gap between Jackson County's rate and the state average is 12.8 per 100,000. Its closest per-capita peer statewide is Yalobusha County, at 40.4 per 100,000 (a difference of 24.0). Its peer counties, highest to lowest per 100,000 residents: Scott County (69.1), Covington County (66.4), Holmes County (63.4), Stone County (58.6), Grenada County (57.0), Panola County (55.1), Copiah County (47.0), Washington County (45.3), Marshall County (44.0), Warren County (42.6), Yazoo County (42.6), Leake County (42.3), Chickasaw County (41.5), Yalobusha County (40.4).
Jackson County's rate vs. every rated U.S. county
Deaths per 100,000 residents -- counties with 10,000+ people, NHTSA FARS over Census population
16 Around the middle a lower per-capita rate than 48% of 2,328 rated counties
rated U.S. counties, bucketed by value
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Source NHTSA FARS over U.S. Census Bureau population estimates · 2026-08-09
Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS) This information is for research and informational purposes only
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Source and method. PlainRoadSafety is rendered directly from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS). PlainRoadSafety aggregates published FARS records and does not invent a fatality count the census does not report. County figures are computed directly from NHTSA FARS census data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our Editorial & Corrections Policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or Report a correction. Data current as of October 2024.