The population of Quitman county is estimated at 7,404. In 2017 there were 89 births and 89 deaths in Quitman county. Quitman county has 886 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,109 that are owned free and clear and 1,063 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Quitman County filed 2,770 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Mississippi filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Quitman had a combined total federal tax liability of $15,753,000 on earned income of $91,729,000. Other notable statistics from Quitman County were 150 unemployment claims which collected a total of $397,000 and 490 charitable contributions valued at $3,083,000. 310 filings from Quitman County paid a combined total of $390,000 in property taxes and 170 filings paid $556,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Quitman county had 31 religious congregations with an estimated 6,777 members.
11.8% of the Quitman population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 30.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Quitman County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 626 votes.
At $26,740 the median income is 61.3% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 217 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Quitman, the equivalant of around 8.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 9.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Quitman County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
283	Health care and social assistance
128	Retail trade
61	Finance and insurance
52	Credit intermediation and related activities
51	Limited-service restaurants
36	Ambulatory health care services
34	Gasoline stations
34	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
31	Depository credit intermediation
31	Commercial banking
31	State commercial banks (banking)
20	Transportation and warehousing
13	Individual and family services
9	Water, sewage and other systems
9	Water supply and irrigation systems

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