The population of Lewis county is estimated at 26,646. In 2017 there were 305 births and 271 deaths in Lewis county. Lewis county has 4,252 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,843 that are owned free and clear and 2,419 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lewis County filed 11,700 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all New York filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Lewis had a combined total federal tax liability of $73,939,000 on earned income of $548,064,000. Other notable statistics from Lewis County were 1,010 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,032,000 and 1,480 charitable contributions valued at $5,507,000. 1,970 filings from Lewis County paid a combined total of $8,738,000 in property taxes and 1,560 filings paid $7,625,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lewis county had 64 religious congregations with an estimated 11,406 members.
16.3% of the Lewis population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Lewis County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 831 votes.
At $51,857 the median income is 80.0% of the New York average. An estimated 788 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lewis, the equivalant of around 6.7% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Lewis County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,371	Manufacturing
1,071	Health care and social assistance
792	Retail trade
499	Paper manufacturing
480	Accommodation and food services
385	Restaurants and other eating places
244	Full-service restaurants
164	Other services (except public administration)
143	Gasoline stations
140	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
108	Food and beverage stores
101	Automobile dealers
96	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
82	Professional, scientific, and technical services
68	Utilities

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