 About 14.6% of families and 18.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.6% of those under age 18 and 18.4% of those age 65 or over.Established in 1817, residents named the town after Andrew Jackson, a hero of the War of 1812, and an eventual president of the United States.The community grew slowly, having only 297 inhabitants in 1840.