The population of Clarke county is estimated at 15,896. In 2017 there were 193 births and 203 deaths in Clarke county. Clarke county has 2,442 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,023 that are owned free and clear and 1,268 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Clarke County filed 6,520 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Mississippi filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Clarke had a combined total federal tax liability of $41,601,000 on earned income of $286,081,000. Other notable statistics from Clarke County were 250 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,022,000 and 1,070 charitable contributions valued at $6,492,000. 940 filings from Clarke County paid a combined total of $1,243,000 in property taxes and 760 filings paid $4,309,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Clarke county had 88 religious congregations with an estimated 12,683 members.
13.3% of the Clarke population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of Clarke County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 514 votes.
At $38,840 the median income is 89.1% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 372 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Clarke, the equivalant of around 6.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Clarke County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
494	Manufacturing
421	Health care and social assistance
322	Retail trade
124	Food services and drinking places
124	Restaurants and other eating places
109	Finance and insurance
79	Wood product manufacturing
78	Gasoline stations
51	General merchandise stores
51	Other general merchandise stores
51	All other general merchandise stores
51	Variety stores
36	Social assistance
20	Truck transportation
12	Nondepository credit intermediation

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