The population of Person county is estimated at 39,283. In 2017 there were 400 births and 433 deaths in Person county. Person county has 7,731 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,695 that are owned free and clear and 4,400 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Person County filed 17,140 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all North Carolina filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Person had a combined total federal tax liability of $108,469,000 on earned income of $815,114,000. Other notable statistics from Person County were 310 unemployment claims which collected a total of $766,000 and 3,470 charitable contributions valued at $16,965,000. 3,700 filings from Person County paid a combined total of $6,968,000 in property taxes and 3,240 filings paid $20,252,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Person county had 59 religious congregations with an estimated 15,888 members.
15.3% of the Person population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of Person County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 295 votes.
At $50,269 the median income is 95.2% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 855 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Person, the equivalant of around 4.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Person County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,717	Manufacturing
1,409	Retail trade
1,278	Health care and social assistance
905	Accommodation and food services
838	Food services and drinking places
490	Limited-service restaurants
456	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
320	Wholesale trade
318	Employment services
317	Other general merchandise stores
317	General merchandise stores
206	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
202	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
180	Finance and insurance
179	Building material and supplies dealers

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.63% in Person County.

In 2018 10.14% of listings in Person County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 27574, 27343 and 27573) dropped their price.

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