By the numbers
Sales Tax Tracker
Every month the state pays each city its share of the sales tax collected inside its limits. The Wire reads the Department of Revenue's report the day it posts and tracks Jackson against the suburbs.
Latest report: September 2026, read 2026-10-16.
Jackson, September 2026
$2,622,651
-0.2% vs September 2025
Jackson, fiscal year to date
$7,951,288
+3.9% vs a year earlier
Metro cities, this month
$10,606,394
+1.0% vs a year earlier
Jackson's share of the metro
24.7%
25.0% a year earlier
Jackson, month by month
The metro, September 2026
| City | September 2026 | September 2025 | Change | FYTD | FYTD change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | $2,622,651 | $2,628,600 | -0.2% | $7,951,288 | +3.9% |
| Ridgeland | $1,557,911 | $1,367,120 | +14.0% | $4,783,372 | +13.8% |
| Flowood | $1,350,593 | $1,301,326 | +3.8% | $4,202,744 | +6.9% |
| Pearl | $1,161,762 | $1,406,124 | -17.4% | $3,594,245 | -12.8% |
| Madison | $961,239 | $991,472 | -3.0% | $2,921,389 | +3.0% |
| Richland | $828,919 | $774,402 | +7.0% | $2,425,427 | +4.7% |
| Brandon | $773,167 | $683,319 | +13.1% | $2,277,298 | +4.3% |
| Clinton | $493,462 | $514,726 | -4.1% | $1,515,566 | +0.5% |
| Byram | $330,246 | $308,355 | +7.1% | $1,030,349 | +11.5% |
| Canton | $304,778 | $310,416 | -1.8% | $939,868 | -3.1% |
| Florence | $93,925 | $85,829 | +9.4% | $284,568 | +2.9% |
| Pelahatchie | $46,860 | $46,954 | -0.2% | $140,104 | -5.7% |
| Raymond | $26,551 | $26,367 | +0.7% | $70,106 | -0.8% |
| Terry | $26,184 | $26,721 | -2.0% | $76,980 | -3.4% |
| Bolton | $22,872 | $20,259 | +12.9% | $62,592 | +0.9% |
| Edwards | $5,274 | $5,556 | -5.1% | $14,351 | -2.5% |