The population of Boone county is estimated at 53,562. In 2017 there were 562 births and 351 deaths in Boone county. Boone county has 11,379 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,533 that are owned free and clear and 3,593 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Boone County filed 25,470 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Illinois filings and 0.017% of the entire nation. Boone had a combined total federal tax liability of $246,270,000 on earned income of $1,602,905,000. Other notable statistics from Boone County were 2,130 unemployment claims which collected a total of $9,156,000 and 6,570 charitable contributions valued at $27,145,000. 7,430 filings from Boone County paid a combined total of $43,892,000 in property taxes and 6,540 filings paid $41,671,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Boone county had 38 religious congregations with an estimated 20,552 members.
21.7% of the Boone population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 42% of Boone County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,271 votes.
At $69,413 the median income is 110.1% of the Illinois average. An estimated 1,709 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Boone, the equivalant of around 6.6% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Boone County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,619	Manufacturing
4,964	Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,369	Retail trade
1,077	Health care and social assistance
825	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
796	Accommodation and food services
788	Food services and drinking places
648	Restaurants and other eating places
639	Professional, scientific, and technical services
613	Transportation and warehousing
562	Wood product manufacturing
496	General merchandise stores
478	Nursing and residential care facilities
471	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
450	Administrative and support services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.47% in Boone County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 61008 and 61065).

In 2018 12.63% of listings in Boone County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 61065 and 61008) dropped their price.

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