The population of Orleans county is estimated at 41,292. In 2017 there were 431 births and 411 deaths in Orleans county. Orleans county has 7,752 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,389 that are owned free and clear and 3,978 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Orleans County filed 18,370 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all New York filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Orleans had a combined total federal tax liability of $109,189,000 on earned income of $840,912,000. Other notable statistics from Orleans County were 990 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,059,000 and 2,900 charitable contributions valued at $8,650,000. 3,580 filings from Orleans County paid a combined total of $17,469,000 in property taxes and 2,950 filings paid $11,954,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Orleans county had 57 religious congregations with an estimated 16,491 members.
15.9% of the Orleans population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Orleans County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 2,966 votes.
At $48,799 the median income is 75.3% of the New York average. An estimated 1,058 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Orleans, the equivalant of around 5.9% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Orleans County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,026	Manufacturing
1,544	Health care and social assistance
1,097	Retail trade
692	Accommodation and food services
677	Food services and drinking places
560	Restaurants and other eating places
310	Limited-service restaurants
305	Machinery manufacturing
281	Wholesale trade
274	Food and beverage stores
240	Grocery stores
240	Full-service restaurants
209	Other services (except public administration)
185	Individual and family services
171	Transportation and warehousing

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