The population of Lamar county is estimated at 61,230. In 2017 there were 793 births and 422 deaths in Lamar county. Lamar county has 9,305 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,091 that are owned free and clear and 7,146 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lamar County filed 23,980 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.9% of all Mississippi filings and 0.016% of the entire nation. Lamar had a combined total federal tax liability of $239,671,000 on earned income of $1,510,140,000. Other notable statistics from Lamar County were 550 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,051,000 and 5,860 charitable contributions valued at $44,977,000. 5,840 filings from Lamar County paid a combined total of $14,694,000 in property taxes and 5,120 filings paid $36,693,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lamar county had 54 religious congregations with an estimated 30,009 members.
35.9% of the Lamar population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Lamar County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,399 votes.
At $57,125 the median income is 131.0% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 1,156 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lamar, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Lamar County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,802	Retail trade
3,066	Health care and social assistance
2,475	Accommodation and food services
2,232	Restaurants and other eating places
892	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
863	Department stores
741	Clothing stores
740	Professional, scientific, and technical services
725	Offices of physicians
628	Finance and insurance
430	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
388	Building material and supplies dealers
383	Depository credit intermediation
346	Food and beverage stores
268	Transportation and warehousing

In 2018 12.11% of listings in Lamar County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 39475 and 39482) dropped their price.

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