The population of Leake county is estimated at 22,737. In 2017 there were 293 births and 263 deaths in Leake county. Leake county has 3,143 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,231 that are owned free and clear and 1,898 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Leake County filed 8,520 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Mississippi filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Leake had a combined total federal tax liability of $48,901,000 on earned income of $339,612,000. Other notable statistics from Leake County were 250 unemployment claims which collected a total of $901,000 and 1,230 charitable contributions valued at $8,099,000. 1,010 filings from Leake County paid a combined total of $1,441,000 in property taxes and 800 filings paid $4,275,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Leake county had 82 religious congregations with an estimated 13,237 members.
12.1% of the Leake population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 37% of Leake County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 515 votes.
At $36,031 the median income is 82.6% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 432 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Leake, the equivalant of around 5.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Leake County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
776	Retail trade
598	Health care and social assistance
360	Food services and drinking places
337	Ambulatory health care services
245	General merchandise stores
245	Other general merchandise stores
230	Limited-service restaurants
153	Finance and insurance
128	Credit intermediation and related activities
126	Gasoline stations
116	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
85	Depository credit intermediation
85	Commercial banking
60	Wholesale trade
54	Automobile dealers

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