The population of Wilson county is estimated at 81,433. In 2017 there were 942 births and 865 deaths in Wilson county. Wilson county has 12,998 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,199 that are owned free and clear and 12,765 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Wilson County filed 35,530 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all North Carolina filings and 0.024% of the entire nation. Wilson had a combined total federal tax liability of $234,518,000 on earned income of $1,641,993,000. Other notable statistics from Wilson County were 1,080 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,346,000 and 7,760 charitable contributions valued at $43,101,000. 7,520 filings from Wilson County paid a combined total of $18,301,000 in property taxes and 6,470 filings paid $37,723,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Wilson county had 164 religious congregations with an estimated 34,022 members.
18.8% of the Wilson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 19.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Wilson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,297 votes.
At $44,825 the median income is 84.9% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 2,637 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Wilson, the equivalant of around 7.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 8.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Wilson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,809	Manufacturing
5,103	Health care and social assistance
3,606	Retail trade
2,749	Accommodation and food services
2,735	Finance and insurance
2,572	Credit intermediation and related activities
2,555	Food services and drinking places
2,421	Restaurants and other eating places
2,282	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,179	Ambulatory health care services
2,052	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
1,606	Employment services
1,457	Transportation and warehousing
1,347	Chemical manufacturing
1,313	Pharmaceutical preparation manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.61% in Wilson County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 27896 and 27893).

In 2018 10.42% of listings in Wilson County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 27893 and 27896) dropped their price.

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