The population of Smith county is estimated at 15,971. In 2017 there were 178 births and 168 deaths in Smith county. Smith county has 2,435 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,826 that are owned free and clear and 960 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Smith County filed 6,010 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Mississippi filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Smith had a combined total federal tax liability of $40,651,000 on earned income of $268,266,000. Other notable statistics from Smith County were 220 unemployment claims which collected a total of $798,000 and 950 charitable contributions valued at $5,967,000. 770 filings from Smith County paid a combined total of $1,045,000 in property taxes and 620 filings paid $3,186,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Smith county had 46 religious congregations with an estimated 6,100 members.
11.0% of the Smith population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 19.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 47% of Smith County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 543 votes.
At $42,517 the median income is 97.5% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 318 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Smith, the equivalant of around 4.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Smith County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
886	Manufacturing
221	Health care and social assistance
210	Retail trade
126	Professional, scientific, and technical services
109	Transportation and warehousing
65	Finance and insurance
52	Gasoline stations
51	Credit intermediation and related activities
46	Depository credit intermediation
46	Commercial banking
42	Wholesale trade
40	Local agricultural products trucking without storage
22	Other services (except public administration)
21	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
21	Automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores

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