The population of Washington county is estimated at 5,568. In 2017 there were 85 births and 84 deaths in Washington county. Washington county has 796 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,153 that are owned free and clear and 525 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Washington County filed 2,750 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Kansas filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Washington had a combined total federal tax liability of $16,170,000 on earned income of $129,566,000. Other notable statistics from Washington County were 80 unemployment claims which collected a total of $228,000 and 260 charitable contributions valued at $1,579,000. 260 filings from Washington County paid a combined total of $647,000 in property taxes and 120 filings paid $723,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Washington county had 33 religious congregations with an estimated 4,898 members.
19.1% of the Washington population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Washington County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 186 votes.
At $47,889 the median income is 84.9% of the Kansas average. An estimated 89 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Washington, the equivalant of around 3.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Washington County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
317	Health care and social assistance
215	Retail trade
183	Wholesale trade
174	Manufacturing
110	Accommodation and food services
81	Restaurants and other eating places
81	Gasoline stations
71	Finance and insurance
60	Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers
60	Grain and field bean merchant wholesalers
52	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
48	Credit intermediation and related activities
48	Depository credit intermediation
48	Commercial banking
47	Grocery stores

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