The population of Vernon county is estimated at 20,554. In 2017 there were 257 births and 220 deaths in Vernon county. Vernon county has 3,392 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,515 that are owned free and clear and 2,489 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Vernon County filed 8,290 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Missouri filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Vernon had a combined total federal tax liability of $45,044,000 on earned income of $331,176,000. Other notable statistics from Vernon County were 330 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,014,000 and 850 charitable contributions valued at $4,420,000. 960 filings from Vernon County paid a combined total of $1,388,000 in property taxes and 720 filings paid $3,911,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Vernon county had 52 religious congregations with an estimated 9,922 members.
17.3% of the Vernon population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 42% of Vernon County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 57 votes.
At $41,284 the median income is 77.2% of the Missouri average. An estimated 368 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Vernon, the equivalant of around 3.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Vernon County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,468	Health care and social assistance
897	Retail trade
894	Manufacturing
456	Accommodation and food services
410	Food services and drinking places
338	Finance and insurance
286	Credit intermediation and related activities
253	Depository credit intermediation
253	Commercial banking
223	Limited-service restaurants
199	National commercial banks (banking)
180	Wholesale trade
147	Full-service restaurants
146	Transportation and warehousing
132	Truck transportation

In 2018 13.92% of listings in Vernon County.

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