The population of Sunflower county is estimated at 26,389. In 2017 there were 284 births and 293 deaths in Sunflower county. Sunflower county has 2,878 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,325 that are owned free and clear and 3,619 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Sunflower County filed 9,440 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Mississippi filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Sunflower had a combined total federal tax liability of $54,823,000 on earned income of $341,131,000. Other notable statistics from Sunflower County were 350 unemployment claims which collected a total of $974,000 and 1,660 charitable contributions valued at $11,838,000. 1,030 filings from Sunflower County paid a combined total of $1,848,000 in property taxes and 770 filings paid $3,791,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Sunflower county had 71 religious congregations with an estimated 10,770 members.
14.5% of the Sunflower population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 27.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 36% of Sunflower County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,589 votes.
At $29,704 the median income is 68.1% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 666 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Sunflower, the equivalant of around 8.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 9.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Sunflower County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,199	Health care and social assistance
922	Retail trade
772	Transportation and warehousing
358	Accommodation and food services
330	Wholesale trade
325	Food services and drinking places
293	Manufacturing
285	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
262	General merchandise stores
262	Other general merchandise stores
233	Nursing and residential care facilities
220	Finance and insurance
214	Truck transportation
194	Gasoline stations
192	Limited-service restaurants

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