The municipality is situated by the southern end of lake Vättern.

The present municipality was created in connection with the nationwide local government reform of 1971.

There are 17 urban areas (also called a Tätort or locality) in Jönköping Municipality.

This is a demographic table based on Jönköping Municipality's electoral districts in the 2022 Swedish general election sourced from SVT's election platform, in turn taken from SCB official statistics.

International Floorball Federation was founded in the eastern part of Jönköping, in Huskvarna, 1986.