The population of Indian River county is estimated at 151,382. In 2017 there were 1,260 births and 2,112 deaths in Indian River county. Indian River county has 25,579 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 19,447 that are owned free and clear and 15,150 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Indian River County filed 74,040 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Florida filings and 0.050% of the entire nation. Indian River had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,342,889,000 on earned income of $6,556,102,000. Other notable statistics from Indian River County were 1,230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,374,000 and 15,700 charitable contributions valued at $228,663,000. 16,000 filings from Indian River County paid a combined total of $125,477,000 in property taxes and 11,190 filings paid $101,090,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Indian River county had 123 religious congregations with an estimated 65,226 members.
27.8% of the Indian River population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 53% of Indian River County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 8,452 votes.
At $51,797 the median income is 98.5% of the Florida average. An estimated 3,153 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Indian River, the equivalant of around 5.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Indian River County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,958	Retail trade
7,828	Health care and social assistance
4,499	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
4,351	Accommodation and food services
3,839	Food services and drinking places
3,744	Restaurants and other eating places
3,251	Ambulatory health care services
2,455	Full-service restaurants
2,405	Hospitals
2,097	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1,937	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,645	Golf courses and country clubs
1,622	Food and beverage stores
1,601	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,487	Manufacturing

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