Jackson (Wyoming)
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| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Wyoming | ||
| County : | Teton County | ||
| Coordinates : | 43 ° 29 ′ N , 110 ° 46 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
| Residents : | 10,529 (as of 2016) | ||
| Population density : | 1,378.1 inhabitants per km 2 | ||
| Area : | 7.64 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) of which 7.64 km 2 (approx. 3 mi 2 ) is land |
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| Height : | 1901 m | ||
| Postcodes : | 83001, 83002, 83025 | ||
| Area code : | +1 307 | ||
| FIPS : | 56-40120 | ||
| GNIS ID : | 1604404 | ||
| Website : | www.jacksonwy.gov | ||
| Mayor : | Pete Muldoon | ||
 Archway Wapiti -Geweihen at Town Square |
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Jackson is a city in Teton County in the US state of Wyoming . It is in the Jackson Hole Valley . In 2017 the city had 10,532 inhabitants on an area of 7.4 km² . The valley and place are named after David E. Jackson , a trapper and fur trader who wintered in the valley several times in the 1820s.
Jackson is a stopover for many tourists visiting nearby attractions such as Grand Teton National Park , Yellowstone National Park and the National Elk Refuge . There are attractive ski areas near Jackson.
Since 1982, meet every year at the invitation of the Federal Reserve Bank of all the major representative central banks in the Jackson Lake Lodge for Economic Policy Symposium . Once a year, the Jackson Hole Writers Conference , founded by the author Warren Adler , takes place in Jackson.
The city is accessible by air from Jackson Hole Airport .
population
As of the 2010 census, there are 9,577 residents, 3,964 households and 1,858 families in the city. The median annual income for a household in 2000 was US $ 47,757; the per capita income was US $ 25,004. The most famous resident of the city is believed to be the actor Harrison Ford .
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| Census | Residents | ± in% | |
| 1920 | 307 | - | |
| 1930 | 533 | 73.6% | |
| 1940 | 1046 | 96.2% | |
| 1950 | 1244 | 18.9% | |
| 1960 | 1437 | 15.5% | |
| 1970 | 2688 | 87.1% | |
| 1980 | 4511 | 67.8% | |
| 1990 | 4472 | -0.9% | |
| 2000 | 8647 | 93.4% | |
| 2010 | 9577 | 10.8% | |
sons and daughters of the town
- Karen Budge (* 1949), ski racer
- Breezy Johnson (* 1996), ski racer
- Travis Rice (* 1982), pro snowboarder
- Milward L. Simpson (1897-1993), politician
- Resi Stiegler (* 1985), ski racer
- Louis Otho Williams (1908-1991), botanist
Replica
The city became the model for a replica in the Chinese province of Hebei .
Web links
- Jackson Hole Chamber of Commerce (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas: ABOUT THE JACKSON HOLE ECONOMIC POLICY SYMPOSIUM ( Memento of the original from August 25, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , 2011
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 6, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Stern, October 17, 2013, p. 127.
- ↑ http://eadiv.state.wy.us/demog_data/cntycity_hist.htm
