The population of Winston county is estimated at 18,360. In 2017 there were 192 births and 219 deaths in Winston county. Winston county has 2,952 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,642 that are owned free and clear and 1,900 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Winston County filed 7,350 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Mississippi filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Winston had a combined total federal tax liability of $48,778,000 on earned income of $312,185,000. Other notable statistics from Winston County were 260 unemployment claims which collected a total of $681,000 and 1,150 charitable contributions valued at $8,404,000. 950 filings from Winston County paid a combined total of $1,341,000 in property taxes and 730 filings paid $3,253,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Winston county had 82 religious congregations with an estimated 14,943 members.
15.9% of the Winston population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Winston County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 987 votes.
At $36,305 the median income is 83.3% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 432 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Winston, the equivalant of around 6.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Winston County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,450	Manufacturing
870	Retail trade
444	Accommodation and food services
393	Health care and social assistance
347	Restaurants and other eating places
247	Wholesale trade
237	Limited-service restaurants
233	General merchandise stores
233	Other general merchandise stores
199	Ambulatory health care services
116	Real estate and rental and leasing
110	Full-service restaurants
109	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
103	Finance and insurance
96	Real estate

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