The population of Chatham county is estimated at 69,824. In 2017 there were 662 births and 742 deaths in Chatham county. Chatham county has 12,977 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,018 that are owned free and clear and 5,850 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Chatham County filed 33,620 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all North Carolina filings and 0.023% of the entire nation. Chatham had a combined total federal tax liability of $487,930,000 on earned income of $2,868,923,000. Other notable statistics from Chatham County were 430 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,359,000 and 11,900 charitable contributions valued at $72,510,000. 12,190 filings from Chatham County paid a combined total of $45,540,000 in property taxes and 9,960 filings paid $90,775,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Chatham county had 128 religious congregations with an estimated 26,665 members.
40.1% of the Chatham population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 56% of Chatham County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 3,923 votes.
At $63,373 the median income is 120.0% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 1,365 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Chatham, the equivalant of around 3.9% 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 Chatham County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,581	Health care and social assistance
2,089	Retail trade
1,674	Accommodation and food services
1,605	Food services and drinking places
1,538	Manufacturing
533	Food and beverage stores
507	Grocery stores
503	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
468	Professional, scientific, and technical services
463	General merchandise stores
455	Limited-service restaurants
435	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
428	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
428	Other amusement and recreation industries
393	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.16% in Chatham County.

In 2018 12.08% of listings in Chatham County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 27312 and 27344) dropped their price.

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