The population of Highlands county is estimated at 101,558. In 2017 there were 935 births and 1,536 deaths in Highlands county. Highlands county has 15,537 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 17,293 that are owned free and clear and 9,774 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Highlands County filed 42,110 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Florida filings and 0.028% of the entire nation. Highlands had a combined total federal tax liability of $242,313,000 on earned income of $1,712,387,000. Other notable statistics from Highlands County were 640 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,006,000 and 4,750 charitable contributions valued at $29,512,000. 4,850 filings from Highlands County paid a combined total of $13,734,000 in property taxes and 3,570 filings paid $23,468,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Highlands county had 138 religious congregations with an estimated 34,002 members.
17.1% of the Highlands population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 45% of Highlands County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,149 votes.
At $37,445 the median income is 71.2% of the Florida average. An estimated 2,019 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Highlands, the equivalant of around 5.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Highlands County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,021	Health care and social assistance
4,292	Retail trade
2,348	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,336	Administrative and support services
2,331	Accommodation and food services
1,921	Food services and drinking places
1,884	Restaurants and other eating places
1,853	Ambulatory health care services
1,169	Nursing and residential care facilities
1,065	General merchandise stores
1,032	Full-service restaurants
829	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
750	Limited-service restaurants
745	Food and beverage stores
730	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.50% in Highlands County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 33870, 33872, 33852, 33825 and 33875).

In 2018 12.92% of listings in Highlands County (averaging across 6 zip codes a sample of which are; 33852, 33876, 33870, 33875 and 33872) dropped their price.

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