The population of Wayne county is estimated at 20,450. In 2017 there were 295 births and 209 deaths in Wayne county. Wayne county has 2,879 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,663 that are owned free and clear and 1,562 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Wayne County filed 8,260 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Mississippi filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Wayne had a combined total federal tax liability of $54,563,000 on earned income of $365,417,000. Other notable statistics from Wayne County were 370 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,511,000 and 1,530 charitable contributions valued at $10,953,000. 1,130 filings from Wayne County paid a combined total of $1,572,000 in property taxes and 900 filings paid $5,200,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Wayne county had 84 religious congregations with an estimated 11,696 members.
12.6% of the Wayne population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 24.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 47% of Wayne County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 735 votes.
At $36,339 the median income is 83.4% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 471 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Wayne, the equivalant of around 6.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Wayne County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,057	Manufacturing
863	Retail trade
607	Health care and social assistance
366	Restaurants and other eating places
325	Other general merchandise stores
325	General merchandise stores
289	Wood product manufacturing
231	Limited-service restaurants
227	Finance and insurance
199	Credit intermediation and related activities
167	Depository credit intermediation
167	Commercial banking
153	Wholesale trade
145	Gasoline stations
145	Gasoline stations with convenience stores

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