The population of Belmont county is estimated at 68,568. In 2017 there were 638 births and 835 deaths in Belmont county. Belmont county has 11,163 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 9,842 that are owned free and clear and 7,674 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Belmont County filed 30,390 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Ohio filings and 0.020% of the entire nation. Belmont had a combined total federal tax liability of $241,908,000 on earned income of $1,594,451,000. Other notable statistics from Belmont County were 2,080 unemployment claims which collected a total of $11,734,000 and 2,690 charitable contributions valued at $11,058,000. 3,390 filings from Belmont County paid a combined total of $9,524,000 in property taxes and 2,710 filings paid $16,222,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Belmont county had 144 religious congregations with an estimated 26,764 members.
16.1% of the Belmont population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Belmont County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 339 votes.
At $52,221 the median income is 96.6% of the Ohio average. An estimated 1,941 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Belmont, the equivalant of around 6.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Belmont County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,715	Health care and social assistance
3,837	Retail trade
2,374	Accommodation and food services
2,202	Food services and drinking places
2,169	Restaurants and other eating places
1,725	Ambulatory health care services
1,481	Nursing and residential care facilities
1,082	Hospitals
1,082	General medical and surgical hospitals
1,082	General medical and surgical hospitals, except government
1,037	Limited-service restaurants
968	Full-service restaurants
893	Manufacturing
873	General merchandise stores
860	Food and beverage stores

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