The population of Putnam county is estimated at 21,548. In 2017 there were 231 births and 256 deaths in Putnam county. Putnam county has 4,040 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,398 that are owned free and clear and 2,163 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Putnam County filed 9,240 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Georgia filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Putnam had a combined total federal tax liability of $77,214,000 on earned income of $528,489,000. Other notable statistics from Putnam County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $616,000 and 2,430 charitable contributions valued at $22,295,000. 2,360 filings from Putnam County paid a combined total of $7,963,000 in property taxes and 1,960 filings paid $15,426,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Putnam county had 41 religious congregations with an estimated 7,144 members.
21.4% of the Putnam population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 44% of Putnam County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 226 votes.
At $47,710 the median income is 85.0% of the Georgia average. An estimated 475 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Putnam, the equivalant of around 5.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Putnam County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
668	Retail trade
612	Manufacturing
476	Health care and social assistance
467	Transportation and warehousing
399	Accommodation and food services
394	Food services and drinking places
333	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
333	Administrative and support services
280	Wood product manufacturing
225	Real estate and rental and leasing
206	Full-service restaurants
195	Ambulatory health care services
184	Finance and insurance
165	Other services (except public administration)
135	Commercial banking

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.59% in Putnam County.

In 2018 7.26% of listings in Putnam County.

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