The population of Sanilac county is estimated at 41,392. In 2017 there were 423 births and 483 deaths in Sanilac county. Sanilac county has 7,919 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,820 that are owned free and clear and 3,393 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Sanilac County filed 19,010 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Michigan filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Sanilac had a combined total federal tax liability of $115,270,000 on earned income of $840,630,000. Other notable statistics from Sanilac County were 1,390 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,461,000 and 2,160 charitable contributions valued at $8,445,000. 2,550 filings from Sanilac County paid a combined total of $6,227,000 in property taxes and 1,980 filings paid $10,679,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Sanilac county had 88 religious congregations with an estimated 17,728 members.
13.9% of the Sanilac population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Sanilac County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 884 votes.
At $47,287 the median income is 86.2% of the Michigan average. An estimated 1,170 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Sanilac, the equivalant of around 6.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Sanilac County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,385	Manufacturing
1,502	Retail trade
1,317	Health care and social assistance
875	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
627	General medical and surgical hospitals, except government
627	Hospitals
627	General medical and surgical hospitals
567	Accommodation and food services
452	Other fabricated metal product manufacturing
381	Finance and insurance
371	Food manufacturing
359	Food and beverage stores
358	Ambulatory health care services
350	Grocery stores
315	Wholesale trade

In 2018 14.05% of listings in Sanilac County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 48450 and 48422) dropped their price.

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