The population of Fairfield county is estimated at 22,630. In 2017 there were 205 births and 290 deaths in Fairfield county. Fairfield county has 3,966 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,023 that are owned free and clear and 2,430 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fairfield County filed 10,010 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all South Carolina filings and 0.007% of the entire nation. Fairfield had a combined total federal tax liability of $61,064,000 on earned income of $435,739,000. Other notable statistics from Fairfield County were 370 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,130,000 and 1,950 charitable contributions valued at $10,750,000. 1,850 filings from Fairfield County paid a combined total of $3,565,000 in property taxes and 1,500 filings paid $9,201,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fairfield county had 83 religious congregations with an estimated 13,817 members.
17.6% of the Fairfield population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 50% of Fairfield County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 606 votes.
At $40,285 the median income is 79.5% of the South Carolina average. An estimated 740 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fairfield, the equivalant of around 7.4% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Fairfield County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
754	Manufacturing
539	Retail trade
462	Health care and social assistance
234	Accommodation and food services
203	Restaurants and other eating places
153	Gasoline stations
120	Limited-service restaurants
74	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
67	Food and beverage stores
60	Credit intermediation and related activities
45	Miscellaneous manufacturing
37	Individual and family services
37	Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities
31	Commercial banking
28	Truck transportation

In 2018 8.75% of listings in Fairfield County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 29130 and 29180) dropped their price.

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