The population of Effingham county is estimated at 58,553. In 2017 there were 788 births and 442 deaths in Effingham county. Effingham county has 10,544 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,423 that are owned free and clear and 4,125 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Effingham County filed 25,220 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Georgia filings and 0.017% of the entire nation. Effingham had a combined total federal tax liability of $186,297,000 on earned income of $1,407,600,000. Other notable statistics from Effingham County were 520 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,533,000 and 7,490 charitable contributions valued at $34,595,000. 8,150 filings from Effingham County paid a combined total of $20,127,000 in property taxes and 7,670 filings paid $50,917,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Effingham county had 77 religious congregations with an estimated 20,859 members.
19.2% of the Effingham population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 40% of Effingham County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 2,616 votes.
At $68,109 the median income is 121.4% of the Georgia average. An estimated 1,196 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Effingham, the equivalant of around 4.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Effingham County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,743	Manufacturing
1,290	Retail trade
727	Accommodation and food services
633	Restaurants and other eating places
440	Limited-service restaurants
317	Repair and maintenance
301	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
301	Administrative and support services
259	Professional, scientific, and technical services
258	Ambulatory health care services
248	Grocery stores
184	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
169	Full-service restaurants
160	Transportation and warehousing
154	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 1.44% in Effingham County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 31326, 31312 and 31329).

In 2018 12.38% of listings in Effingham County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 31312, 31329 and 31326) dropped their price.

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