The population of Lamar county is estimated at 18,470. In 2017 there were 212 births and 220 deaths in Lamar county. Lamar county has 2,983 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,532 that are owned free and clear and 2,103 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lamar County filed 7,210 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Georgia filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Lamar had a combined total federal tax liability of $41,633,000 on earned income of $311,530,000. Other notable statistics from Lamar County were 210 unemployment claims which collected a total of $473,000 and 1,790 charitable contributions valued at $9,574,000. 1,720 filings from Lamar County paid a combined total of $3,646,000 in property taxes and 1,500 filings paid $8,887,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lamar county had 35 religious congregations with an estimated 11,326 members.
18.4% of the Lamar population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 41% of Lamar County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 14 votes.
At $41,060 the median income is 73.2% of the Georgia average. An estimated 461 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lamar, the equivalant of around 5.7% 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 Lamar County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
436	Manufacturing
421	Retail trade
324	Accommodation and food services
262	Restaurants and other eating places
216	Other services (except public administration)
193	Repair and maintenance
193	Automotive repair and maintenance
165	Food and beverage stores
131	Limited-service restaurants
104	Finance and insurance
84	Wholesale trade
84	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
70	Transportation and warehousing
61	Social assistance
57	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

In 2018 13.92% of listings in Lamar County.

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