The population of Jefferson county is estimated at 23,119. In 2017 there were 291 births and 221 deaths in Jefferson county. Jefferson county has 3,544 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,795 that are owned free and clear and 2,451 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jefferson County filed 9,680 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Oregon filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Jefferson had a combined total federal tax liability of $53,518,000 on earned income of $419,616,000. Other notable statistics from Jefferson County were 690 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,548,000 and 1,860 charitable contributions valued at $6,332,000. 2,230 filings from Jefferson County paid a combined total of $6,430,000 in property taxes and 1,830 filings paid $12,563,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jefferson county had 30 religious congregations with an estimated 5,763 members.
16.9% of the Jefferson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 38% of Jefferson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 896 votes.
At $49,616 the median income is 82.5% of the Oregon average. An estimated 560 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jefferson, the equivalant of around 5.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Jefferson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
838	Manufacturing
622	Health care and social assistance
506	Retail trade
404	Accommodation and food services
316	Food services and drinking places
306	Restaurants and other eating places
218	Food and beverage stores
194	Wholesale trade
168	Limited-service restaurants
151	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
120	Nursing and residential care facilities
120	Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
108	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers
88	Accommodation
84	Traveler accommodation

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.21% in Jefferson County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 97760 and 97741).

In 2018 14.92% of listings in Jefferson County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 97760 and 97741) dropped their price.

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