The population of Essex county is estimated at 38,014. In 2017 there were 322 births and 415 deaths in Essex county. Essex county has 6,508 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,481 that are owned free and clear and 4,273 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Essex County filed 17,770 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all New York filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Essex had a combined total federal tax liability of $138,805,000 on earned income of $938,255,000. Other notable statistics from Essex County were 860 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,950,000 and 3,000 charitable contributions valued at $13,059,000. 3,710 filings from Essex County paid a combined total of $22,111,000 in property taxes and 2,860 filings paid $16,881,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Essex county had 67 religious congregations with an estimated 13,352 members.
26.7% of the Essex population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Essex County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 498 votes.
At $52,741 the median income is 81.4% of the New York average. An estimated 962 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Essex, the equivalant of around 5.6% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Essex County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,360	Accommodation and food services
2,192	Retail trade
1,978	Health care and social assistance
1,264	Accommodation
1,096	Food services and drinking places
1,021	Nursing and residential care facilities
986	Restaurants and other eating places
913	Food and beverage stores
852	Grocery stores
826	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
782	Manufacturing
761	Full-service restaurants
373	Social assistance
307	Ambulatory health care services
282	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 6.00% of listings in Essex County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 12946 and 12883) dropped their price.

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