The population of Herkimer county is estimated at 62,479. In 2017 there were 599 births and 656 deaths in Herkimer county. Herkimer county has 10,627 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 8,134 that are owned free and clear and 7,563 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Herkimer County filed 27,820 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all New York filings and 0.019% of the entire nation. Herkimer had a combined total federal tax liability of $186,786,000 on earned income of $1,345,064,000. Other notable statistics from Herkimer County were 1,480 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,530,000 and 3,670 charitable contributions valued at $10,005,000. 4,580 filings from Herkimer County paid a combined total of $21,219,000 in property taxes and 3,720 filings paid $17,076,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Herkimer county had 85 religious congregations with an estimated 24,805 members.
20.7% of the Herkimer population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Herkimer County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 971 votes.
At $46,733 the median income is 72.1% of the New York average. An estimated 1,634 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Herkimer, the equivalant of around 5.8% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Herkimer County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,561	Manufacturing
2,334	Health care and social assistance
2,016	Retail trade
1,626	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,469	Accommodation and food services
1,190	Nursing and residential care facilities
1,118	Restaurants and other eating places
576	Full-service restaurants
552	Other services (except public administration)
545	Wholesale trade
518	General merchandise stores
492	Limited-service restaurants
433	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
362	Food manufacturing
362	Food and beverage stores

In 2018 7.08% of listings in Herkimer County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 13420 and 13365) dropped their price.

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