The population of Covington county is estimated at 19,188. In 2017 there were 257 births and 237 deaths in Covington county. Covington county has 3,062 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,081 that are owned free and clear and 1,287 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Covington County filed 7,870 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Mississippi filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Covington had a combined total federal tax liability of $45,618,000 on earned income of $311,590,000. Other notable statistics from Covington County were 210 unemployment claims which collected a total of $718,000 and 1,220 charitable contributions valued at $7,934,000. 950 filings from Covington County paid a combined total of $1,153,000 in property taxes and 840 filings paid $4,893,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Covington county had 51 religious congregations with an estimated 9,705 members.
16.1% of the Covington population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 18.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Covington County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 355 votes.
At $39,644 the median income is 90.9% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 398 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Covington, the equivalant of around 4.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Covington County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,337	Manufacturing
582	Health care and social assistance
522	Retail trade
315	Restaurants and other eating places
299	Transportation and warehousing
202	Limited-service restaurants
127	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
115	Finance and insurance
108	Other services (except public administration)
105	Automobile dealers
104	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
104	Grocery stores
95	Credit intermediation and related activities
91	General freight trucking
91	General freight trucking, long-distance

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