The population of Lenoir county is estimated at 57,432. In 2017 there were 615 births and 741 deaths in Lenoir county. Lenoir county has 9,108 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,049 that are owned free and clear and 9,170 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lenoir County filed 24,510 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all North Carolina filings and 0.016% of the entire nation. Lenoir had a combined total federal tax liability of $161,347,000 on earned income of $1,044,267,000. Other notable statistics from Lenoir County were 850 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,057,000 and 4,220 charitable contributions valued at $26,802,000. 4,050 filings from Lenoir County paid a combined total of $9,418,000 in property taxes and 3,140 filings paid $15,925,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lenoir county had 183 religious congregations with an estimated 33,394 members.
13.5% of the Lenoir population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 19.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Lenoir County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,747 votes.
At $39,411 the median income is 74.6% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 1,282 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lenoir, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Lenoir County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,333	Health care and social assistance
3,374	Manufacturing
2,746	Retail trade
1,776	Accommodation and food services
1,655	Food services and drinking places
1,636	Restaurants and other eating places
1,457	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,424	Ambulatory health care services
1,180	Nursing and residential care facilities
933	Limited-service restaurants
847	Wholesale trade
744	Temporary help services
734	Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
600	Finance and insurance
591	Offices of physicians

In 2018 the average price reduction was 7.72% in Lenoir County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 28504 and 28501).

In 2018 8.68% of listings in Lenoir County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 28551, 28504 and 28501) dropped their price.

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