The population of Laurens county is estimated at 66,571. In 2017 there were 775 births and 836 deaths in Laurens county. Laurens county has 10,545 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,830 that are owned free and clear and 7,150 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Laurens County filed 27,070 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.2% of all South Carolina filings and 0.018% of the entire nation. Laurens had a combined total federal tax liability of $143,689,000 on earned income of $1,127,861,000. Other notable statistics from Laurens County were 740 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,066,000 and 4,160 charitable contributions valued at $26,120,000. 4,230 filings from Laurens County paid a combined total of $5,966,000 in property taxes and 3,460 filings paid $19,663,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Laurens county had 173 religious congregations with an estimated 40,559 members.
14.6% of the Laurens population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 19.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 40% of Laurens County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,101 votes.
At $41,695 the median income is 82.3% of the South Carolina average. An estimated 1,325 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Laurens, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Laurens County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,398	Manufacturing
2,033	Health care and social assistance
1,725	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,680	Retail trade
1,347	Transportation and warehousing
1,275	Accommodation and food services
1,183	Food services and drinking places
1,084	Restaurants and other eating places
991	Nursing and residential care facilities
973	Plastics product manufacturing
733	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
686	Transportation equipment manufacturing
686	Motor vehicle parts manufacturing
679	Limited-service restaurants
488	Chemical manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 14.82% in Laurens County.

In 2018 16.25% of listings in Laurens County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 29360 and 29325) dropped their price.

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