The population of Citrus county is estimated at 142,990. In 2017 there were 1,061 births and 2,542 deaths in Citrus county. Citrus county has 27,967 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 24,133 that are owned free and clear and 11,204 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Citrus County filed 65,200 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Florida filings and 0.044% of the entire nation. Citrus had a combined total federal tax liability of $461,613,000 on earned income of $3,111,887,000. Other notable statistics from Citrus County were 1,100 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,383,000 and 9,000 charitable contributions valued at $44,394,000. 9,750 filings from Citrus County paid a combined total of $30,802,000 in property taxes and 7,550 filings paid $53,575,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Citrus county had 137 religious congregations with an estimated 43,216 members.
17.8% of the Citrus population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 56% of Citrus County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 5,667 votes.
At $43,147 the median income is 82.1% of the Florida average. An estimated 2,767 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Citrus, the equivalant of around 5.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Citrus County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,932	Health care and social assistance
5,122	Retail trade
3,758	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
3,624	Administrative and support services
3,182	Ambulatory health care services
2,362	Accommodation and food services
2,280	Nursing and residential care facilities
2,081	Food services and drinking places
2,023	Restaurants and other eating places
1,761	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
1,220	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
1,206	Food and beverage stores
1,161	General merchandise stores
1,156	Grocery stores
1,115	Full-service restaurants

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.15% in Citrus County (averaging across 12 zip codes a sample of which are; 34453, 34452, 34446, 34436 and 34442).

In 2018 16.79% of listings in Citrus County (averaging across 12 zip codes a sample of which are; 34450, 34448, 34442, 34453 and 34452) dropped their price.

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