The population of Alexander county is estimated at 37,270. In 2017 there were 344 births and 378 deaths in Alexander county. Alexander county has 6,668 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,520 that are owned free and clear and 3,237 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Alexander County filed 15,250 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all North Carolina filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Alexander had a combined total federal tax liability of $102,703,000 on earned income of $732,545,000. Other notable statistics from Alexander County were 210 unemployment claims which collected a total of $537,000 and 2,750 charitable contributions valued at $16,970,000. 2,940 filings from Alexander County paid a combined total of $6,166,000 in property taxes and 2,410 filings paid $14,366,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Alexander county had 69 religious congregations with an estimated 21,614 members.
13.9% of the Alexander population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 18.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Alexander County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 951 votes.
At $48,577 the median income is 92.0% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 667 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Alexander, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Alexander County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,284	Manufacturing
1,857	Furniture and related product manufacturing
1,561	Upholstered household furniture manufacturing
834	Retail trade
559	Health care and social assistance
519	Restaurants and other eating places
307	Nursing and residential care facilities
272	Other general merchandise stores
272	General merchandise stores
266	Wood product manufacturing
260	Limited-service restaurants
259	Full-service restaurants
182	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
181	Ambulatory health care services
169	Transportation and warehousing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.41% in Alexander County.

In 2018 8.82% of listings in Alexander County.

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