The population of Buena Vista county is estimated at 20,268. In 2017 there were 295 births and 165 deaths in Buena Vista county. Buena Vista county has 2,990 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,286 that are owned free and clear and 2,246 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Buena Vista County filed 9,580 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Iowa filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Buena Vista had a combined total federal tax liability of $74,213,000 on earned income of $532,353,000. Other notable statistics from Buena Vista County were 420 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,816,000 and 1,510 charitable contributions valued at $7,406,000. 1,620 filings from Buena Vista County paid a combined total of $5,275,000 in property taxes and 1,060 filings paid $5,301,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Buena Vista county had 48 religious congregations with an estimated 12,663 members.
20.1% of the Buena Vista population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Buena Vista County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 143 votes.
At $53,230 the median income is 90.7% of the Iowa average. An estimated 306 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Buena Vista, the equivalant of around 2.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Buena Vista County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,507	Manufacturing
2,868	Food manufacturing
1,341	Health care and social assistance
1,149	Retail trade
738	Accommodation and food services
590	Food services and drinking places
524	Nursing and residential care facilities
442	Restaurants and other eating places
437	Machinery manufacturing
374	Finance and insurance
360	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
279	Credit intermediation and related activities
262	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
262	Grocery stores
256	Wholesale trade

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