Jonesboro is a very small city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 3,872 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Jonesboro is the 192nd largest community in Georgia.

Jonesboro is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Jonesboro is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jonesboro who work in office and administrative support jobs (22.56%), sales jobs (8.40%), and food service (6.54%).

In Jonesboro, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day even though Jonesboro is a relatively small city. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

Jonesboro Information and Demographics

The citizens of Jonesboro are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 12.98% of adults in Jonesboro have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Jonesboro in 2000 was $16,178, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $64,712 for a family of four.

Jonesboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jonesboro home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Jonesboro is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jonesboro include English, Irish, German, Scotch-Irish, and African.

The most common language spoken in Jonesboro is English. Some people also speak Spanish.