The population of Pope county is estimated at 63,852. In 2017 there were 811 births and 560 deaths in Pope county. Pope county has 10,216 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,778 that are owned free and clear and 7,359 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Pope County filed 25,160 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.1% of all Arkansas filings and 0.017% of the entire nation. Pope had a combined total federal tax liability of $186,448,000 on earned income of $1,283,177,000. Other notable statistics from Pope County were 1,490 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,433,000 and 4,120 charitable contributions valued at $28,946,000. 4,470 filings from Pope County paid a combined total of $7,192,000 in property taxes and 3,860 filings paid $22,278,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Pope county had 151 religious congregations with an estimated 28,676 members.
22.2% of the Pope population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 34% of Pope County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,155 votes.
At $45,803 the median income is 99.8% of the Arkansas average. An estimated 1,292 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Pope, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Pope County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,626	Manufacturing
3,180	Retail trade
3,073	Health care and social assistance
2,239	Food services and drinking places
1,441	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,340	Limited-service restaurants
1,156	Transportation and warehousing
924	Ambulatory health care services
867	Finance and insurance
555	Truck transportation
513	Other services (except public administration)
469	Wholesale trade
468	Professional, scientific, and technical services
465	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
462	Insurance carriers and related activities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.59% in Pope County.

In 2018 14.04% of listings in Pope County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 72801 and 72802) dropped their price.

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