The population of Jefferson county is estimated at 32,249. In 2017 there were 361 births and 341 deaths in Jefferson county. Jefferson county has 6,277 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,917 that are owned free and clear and 3,441 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jefferson County filed 14,680 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Indiana filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Jefferson had a combined total federal tax liability of $109,793,000 on earned income of $750,790,000. Other notable statistics from Jefferson County were 290 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,139,000 and 1,860 charitable contributions valued at $11,344,000. 2,110 filings from Jefferson County paid a combined total of $3,835,000 in property taxes and 1,740 filings paid $10,144,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jefferson county had 66 religious congregations with an estimated 14,627 members.
17.4% of the Jefferson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 42% of Jefferson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 341 votes.
At $51,163 the median income is 94.5% of the Indiana average. An estimated 561 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jefferson, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Jefferson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,754	Manufacturing
1,963	Health care and social assistance
1,550	Retail trade
1,408	Accommodation and food services
1,223	Food services and drinking places
1,078	Restaurants and other eating places
1,061	Transportation equipment manufacturing
629	Primary metal manufacturing
539	Machinery manufacturing
504	Full-service restaurants
501	Limited-service restaurants
472	Ambulatory health care services
269	Nursing and residential care facilities
257	Other services (except public administration)
242	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.99% in Jefferson County.

In 2018 9.52% of listings in Jefferson County.

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