The population of Macoupin county is estimated at 45,653. In 2017 there were 435 births and 577 deaths in Macoupin county. Macoupin county has 9,100 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,882 that are owned free and clear and 4,399 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Macoupin County filed 21,030 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Illinois filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Macoupin had a combined total federal tax liability of $147,139,000 on earned income of $1,082,777,000. Other notable statistics from Macoupin County were 1,190 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,418,000 and 2,470 charitable contributions valued at $10,051,000. 3,200 filings from Macoupin County paid a combined total of $9,560,000 in property taxes and 2,610 filings paid $13,502,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Macoupin county had 112 religious congregations with an estimated 25,600 members.
18.5% of the Macoupin population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Macoupin County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 934 votes.
At $51,756 the median income is 82.1% of the Illinois average. An estimated 1,100 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Macoupin, the equivalant of around 4.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Macoupin County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,920	Health care and social assistance
1,375	Retail trade
817	Food services and drinking places
749	Restaurants and other eating places
680	Wholesale trade
592	Nursing and residential care facilities
567	Manufacturing
402	Limited-service restaurants
395	Transportation and warehousing
363	Commercial banking
332	Information
318	Other services (except public administration)
303	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
303	Gasoline stations
239	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

In 2018 11.76% of listings in Macoupin County.

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