The population of Alpena county is estimated at 28,657. In 2017 there were 258 births and 341 deaths in Alpena county. Alpena county has 6,011 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,065 that are owned free and clear and 2,715 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Alpena County filed 14,080 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Michigan filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Alpena had a combined total federal tax liability of $98,464,000 on earned income of $652,433,000. Other notable statistics from Alpena County were 930 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,467,000 and 1,740 charitable contributions valued at $7,620,000. 1,990 filings from Alpena County paid a combined total of $5,589,000 in property taxes and 1,500 filings paid $7,669,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Alpena county had 48 religious congregations with an estimated 15,892 members.
17.3% of the Alpena population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Alpena County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 674 votes.
At $40,603 the median income is 74.0% of the Michigan average. An estimated 801 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Alpena, the equivalant of around 5.9% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Alpena County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,731	Retail trade
1,724	Health care and social assistance
1,227	Manufacturing
879	Accommodation and food services
835	Food services and drinking places
799	Restaurants and other eating places
760	Social assistance
644	Ambulatory health care services
409	Wholesale trade
396	Full-service restaurants
382	Limited-service restaurants
363	Finance and insurance
358	Machinery manufacturing
334	Wood product manufacturing
320	Nursing and residential care facilities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 6.48% in Alpena County.

In 2018 6.93% of listings in Alpena County.

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