The population of Pickens county is estimated at 30,695. In 2017 there were 295 births and 351 deaths in Pickens county. Pickens county has 5,870 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,952 that are owned free and clear and 2,469 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Pickens County filed 14,480 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Georgia filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Pickens had a combined total federal tax liability of $123,494,000 on earned income of $880,533,000. Other notable statistics from Pickens County were 270 unemployment claims which collected a total of $784,000 and 4,270 charitable contributions valued at $23,239,000. 4,540 filings from Pickens County paid a combined total of $13,468,000 in property taxes and 3,850 filings paid $29,679,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Pickens county had 33 religious congregations with an estimated 7,330 members.
24.9% of the Pickens population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 46% of Pickens County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,309 votes.
At $61,145 the median income is 109.0% of the Georgia average. An estimated 637 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Pickens, the equivalant of around 4.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Pickens County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,186	Health care and social assistance
1,177	Retail trade
757	Manufacturing
672	Accommodation and food services
610	Restaurants and other eating places
328	Professional, scientific, and technical services
318	Food and beverage stores
309	Limited-service restaurants
301	Full-service restaurants
298	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
278	Ambulatory health care services
259	Finance and insurance
211	Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
184	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
183	Depository credit intermediation

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.11% in Pickens County.

In 2018 13.36% of listings in Pickens County.

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