The population of Jefferson Parish is estimated at 438,485 where 337,404 speak English exclusively and 3,223 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 5,948 births and 4,282 deaths in Jefferson Parish . Jefferson Parish has 68,771 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 39,273 that are owned free and clear and 61,603 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jefferson Parish filed 201,980 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 10.3% of all Louisiana filings and 0.135% of the entire nation. Jefferson Parish had an impressive combined total federal tax liability of $2,043,835,000 on earned income of $11,630,833,000. Other notable statistics from Jefferson Parish were 4,560 unemployment claims which collected a total of $14,302,000 and 40,440 charitable contributions valued at $225,444,000. 35,340 filings from Jefferson Parish paid a combined total of $84,379,000 in property taxes and 32,370 filings paid $234,431,000 on mortgage interest costs.

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25.2% of the Jefferson Parish population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Jefferson Parish voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 5,655 votes.
At $51,461 the median income is 111.2% of the Louisiana average. An estimated 9,771 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jefferson Parish, the equivalant of around 4.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Jefferson Parish .
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
27,991	Retail trade
26,711	Health care and social assistance
19,493	Accommodation and food services
18,587	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
17,862	Administrative and support services
17,844	Food services and drinking places
15,637	Restaurants and other eating places
11,438	Manufacturing
11,179	Ambulatory health care services
10,711	Professional, scientific, and technical services
9,641	Wholesale trade
8,854	Employment services
8,602	Transportation and warehousing
8,490	Finance and insurance
7,402	Limited-service restaurants

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