The population of Polk county is estimated at 41,730. In 2017 there were 577 births and 501 deaths in Polk county. Polk county has 6,115 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,913 that are owned free and clear and 5,064 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Polk County filed 16,320 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Georgia filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Polk had a combined total federal tax liability of $91,529,000 on earned income of $685,661,000. Other notable statistics from Polk County were 580 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,080,000 and 3,050 charitable contributions valued at $17,020,000. 2,950 filings from Polk County paid a combined total of $5,699,000 in property taxes and 2,540 filings paid $13,554,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Polk county had 78 religious congregations with an estimated 25,472 members.
12.7% of the Polk population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 23.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 34% of Polk County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 578 votes.
At $43,488 the median income is 77.5% of the Georgia average. An estimated 976 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Polk, the equivalant of around 5.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Polk County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,234	Manufacturing
1,399	Retail trade
903	Accommodation and food services
862	Restaurants and other eating places
781	Health care and social assistance
422	Limited-service restaurants
395	Other services (except public administration)
326	Transportation and warehousing
322	Personal and laundry services
295	Grocery stores
283	Ambulatory health care services
279	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
173	Finance and insurance
154	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
134	Paper manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.62% in Polk County.

In 2018 10.94% of listings in Polk County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 30125 and 30153) dropped their price.

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