The population of Stone county is estimated at 17,951. In 2017 there were 206 births and 183 deaths in Stone county. Stone county has 2,770 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,099 that are owned free and clear and 1,296 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Stone County filed 6,640 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Mississippi filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Stone had a combined total federal tax liability of $41,070,000 on earned income of $291,448,000. Other notable statistics from Stone County were 170 unemployment claims which collected a total of $740,000 and 1,140 charitable contributions valued at $6,172,000. 1,050 filings from Stone County paid a combined total of $1,751,000 in property taxes and 900 filings paid $5,128,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Stone county had 29 religious congregations with an estimated 6,315 members.
15.0% of the Stone population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 35% of Stone County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 452 votes.
At $44,159 the median income is 101.3% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 398 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Stone, the equivalant of around 6.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Stone County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
593	Manufacturing
582	Retail trade
498	Health care and social assistance
440	Accommodation and food services
397	Wood product manufacturing
289	General merchandise stores
289	Other general merchandise stores
273	Limited-service restaurants
136	Ambulatory health care services
114	Finance and insurance
99	Credit intermediation and related activities
91	Professional, scientific, and technical services
82	Truck transportation
82	Depository credit intermediation
74	Full-service restaurants

In 2018 14.71% of listings in Stone County.

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