The population of Monroe county is estimated at 77,304. In 2017 there were 737 births and 761 deaths in Monroe county. Monroe county has 9,759 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 8,742 that are owned free and clear and 14,128 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Monroe County filed 42,820 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Florida filings and 0.029% of the entire nation. Monroe had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,088,676,000 on earned income of $4,855,801,000. Other notable statistics from Monroe County were 380 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,668,000 and 9,390 charitable contributions valued at $153,821,000. 10,050 filings from Monroe County paid a combined total of $75,083,000 in property taxes and 7,880 filings paid $95,875,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Monroe county had 81 religious congregations with an estimated 24,391 members.
31.8% of the Monroe population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 55% of Monroe County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,389 votes.
At $63,009 the median income is 119.8% of the Florida average. An estimated 1,501 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Monroe, the equivalant of around 3.3% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Monroe County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
11,414	Accommodation and food services
6,463	Food services and drinking places
5,608	Restaurants and other eating places
5,576	Retail trade
4,951	Accommodation
4,809	Traveler accommodation
4,725	Full-service restaurants
4,601	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
2,464	Health care and social assistance
1,358	Food and beverage stores
1,135	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1,103	Grocery stores
1,064	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,060	Other services (except public administration)
1,027	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.26% in Monroe County (averaging across 6 zip codes a sample of which are; 33050, 33037, 33040, 33036 and 33042).

In 2018 12.32% of listings in Monroe County (averaging across 8 zip codes a sample of which are; 33050, 33037, 33040, 33070 and 33051) dropped their price.

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