The population of Attala county is estimated at 18,566. In 2017 there were 240 births and 264 deaths in Attala county. Attala county has 2,784 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,003 that are owned free and clear and 1,832 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Attala County filed 7,330 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Mississippi filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Attala had a combined total federal tax liability of $45,871,000 on earned income of $308,054,000. Other notable statistics from Attala County were 210 unemployment claims which collected a total of $775,000 and 1,190 charitable contributions valued at $7,985,000. 970 filings from Attala County paid a combined total of $1,569,000 in property taxes and 720 filings paid $3,641,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Attala county had 68 religious congregations with an estimated 11,053 members.
12.3% of the Attala population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 22.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Attala County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 611 votes.
At $35,158 the median income is 80.6% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 426 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Attala, the equivalant of around 6.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Attala County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
807	Retail trade
656	Manufacturing
283	Restaurants and other eating places
276	Other general merchandise stores
276	General merchandise stores
210	Limited-service restaurants
205	Credit intermediation and related activities
183	Ambulatory health care services
169	Depository credit intermediation
169	Commercial banking
124	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
109	Social assistance
106	Transportation and warehousing
96	Gasoline stations
84	Other services (except public administration)

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