The population of Laurens county is estimated at 47,192. In 2017 there were 634 births and 560 deaths in Laurens county. Laurens county has 7,447 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,871 that are owned free and clear and 6,323 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Laurens County filed 19,730 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Georgia filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Laurens had a combined total federal tax liability of $132,393,000 on earned income of $891,872,000. Other notable statistics from Laurens County were 490 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,139,000 and 4,350 charitable contributions valued at $35,617,000. 3,910 filings from Laurens County paid a combined total of $8,365,000 in property taxes and 3,270 filings paid $18,260,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Laurens county had 126 religious congregations with an estimated 28,723 members.
15.4% of the Laurens population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 41% of Laurens County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 143 votes.
At $38,078 the median income is 67.9% of the Georgia average. An estimated 1,151 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Laurens, the equivalant of around 5.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Laurens County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,233	Health care and social assistance
2,647	Retail trade
2,533	Manufacturing
1,727	Accommodation and food services
1,598	Food services and drinking places
1,520	Restaurants and other eating places
1,102	Ambulatory health care services
783	Administrative and support services
522	Employment services
522	Temporary help services
447	Household and institutional furniture and kitchen cabinet manufacturing
447	Furniture and related product manufacturing
418	Offices of physicians
418	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
396	Wholesale trade

In 2018 the average price reduction was 7.54% in Laurens County.

In 2018 5.19% of listings in Laurens County.

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