Hospital stipulates Board Certification or pursuit thereof for recently graduated physicians. It is within the Central Time Zone. The County population is at 45,421 with the Greater Marianna Area at 17,000, within city limits 6,337. Marianna is the County Seat. Russell Corporation, Lehigh Furniture, UniMac Company, Greenwood Industries all of which are environmentally friendly.
Schools There are sixteen public schools and two private schools in Jackson County.
Marianna High School is the largest school in the county. Computerization within the elementary schools. Programs for special-need child, speech therapy, home bound program as well as services for the visually and hearing impaired are available. Chipola Junior College located locally offers a two year Associates Degree in science and arts as well as applied technology programs. Libraries Jackson County Public Library is located in Marianna with 47,852 volumes available, newspapers, magazines, audiovisual materials.