The population of Parke county is estimated at 16,957. In 2017 there were 213 births and 170 deaths in Parke county. Parke county has 2,934 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,989 that are owned free and clear and 1,299 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Parke County filed 6,920 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Indiana filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Parke had a combined total federal tax liability of $42,498,000 on earned income of $321,838,000. Other notable statistics from Parke County were 190 unemployment claims which collected a total of $823,000 and 730 charitable contributions valued at $3,534,000. 920 filings from Parke County paid a combined total of $936,000 in property taxes and 760 filings paid $3,844,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Parke county had 48 religious congregations with an estimated 5,994 members.
12.6% of the Parke population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Parke County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 72 votes.
At $48,537 the median income is 89.7% of the Indiana average. An estimated 288 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Parke, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Parke County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
402	Manufacturing
304	Retail trade
211	Accommodation and food services
134	Full-service restaurants
115	Ambulatory health care services
103	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
97	Wholesale trade
95	Administrative and support services
71	Other services (except public administration)
69	Transportation and warehousing
69	Gasoline stations
68	Finance and insurance
67	Food and beverage stores
66	Real estate and rental and leasing
62	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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