The population of Pearl River county is estimated at 55,072. In 2017 there were 613 births and 636 deaths in Pearl River county. Pearl River county has 9,327 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,874 that are owned free and clear and 4,615 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Pearl River County filed 21,130 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.7% of all Mississippi filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Pearl River had a combined total federal tax liability of $139,661,000 on earned income of $992,129,000. Other notable statistics from Pearl River County were 630 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,308,000 and 3,430 charitable contributions valued at $19,488,000. 3,600 filings from Pearl River County paid a combined total of $6,649,000 in property taxes and 3,150 filings paid $19,752,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Pearl River county had 86 religious congregations with an estimated 36,022 members.
15.0% of the Pearl River population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 34% of Pearl River County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,045 votes.
At $47,757 the median income is 109.5% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 1,227 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Pearl River, the equivalant of around 5.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Pearl River County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,793	Retail trade
1,158	Accommodation and food services
1,097	Food services and drinking places
1,041	Health care and social assistance
660	Limited-service restaurants
562	Manufacturing
427	Ambulatory health care services
347	Professional, scientific, and technical services
332	Finance and insurance
328	Other services (except public administration)
293	Full-service restaurants
262	Credit intermediation and related activities
241	Food and beverage stores
237	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
188	Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations

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