The population of Marquette county is estimated at 66,461. In 2017 there were 630 births and 659 deaths in Marquette county. Marquette county has 11,847 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,145 that are owned free and clear and 8,546 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Marquette County filed 30,400 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Michigan filings and 0.020% of the entire nation. Marquette had a combined total federal tax liability of $226,858,000 on earned income of $1,620,038,000. Other notable statistics from Marquette County were 1,930 unemployment claims which collected a total of $7,752,000 and 4,680 charitable contributions valued at $19,138,000. 5,630 filings from Marquette County paid a combined total of $20,428,000 in property taxes and 4,650 filings paid $27,740,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Marquette county had 96 religious congregations with an estimated 32,136 members.
30.8% of the Marquette population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 5.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of Marquette County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 753 votes.
At $49,472 the median income is 90.2% of the Michigan average. An estimated 1,868 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Marquette, the equivalant of around 5.7% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Marquette County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,537	Health care and social assistance
3,741	Retail trade
2,806	Accommodation and food services
2,295	Food services and drinking places
2,103	Restaurants and other eating places
1,162	Full-service restaurants
1,031	General merchandise stores
871	Manufacturing
862	Finance and insurance
846	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
818	Limited-service restaurants
790	Administrative and support services
676	Professional, scientific, and technical services
568	Food and beverage stores
564	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.09% in Marquette County.

In 2018 9.56% of listings in Marquette County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 49849 and 49855) dropped their price.

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