The population of Marlboro county is estimated at 27,036. In 2017 there were 302 births and 304 deaths in Marlboro county. Marlboro county has 3,354 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,443 that are owned free and clear and 3,586 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Marlboro County filed 10,400 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all South Carolina filings and 0.007% of the entire nation. Marlboro had a combined total federal tax liability of $48,212,000 on earned income of $345,646,000. Other notable statistics from Marlboro County were 430 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,002,000 and 1,060 charitable contributions valued at $7,235,000. 930 filings from Marlboro County paid a combined total of $1,198,000 in property taxes and 730 filings paid $3,339,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Marlboro county had 80 religious congregations with an estimated 10,817 members.
8.9% of the Marlboro population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 25.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 38% of Marlboro County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,304 votes.
At $33,412 the median income is 65.9% of the South Carolina average. An estimated 607 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Marlboro, the equivalant of around 6.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 8.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Marlboro County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,912	Manufacturing
971	Health care and social assistance
704	Retail trade
424	Ambulatory health care services
317	Accommodation and food services
297	Food services and drinking places
277	Restaurants and other eating places
240	Food and beverage stores
224	Grocery stores
221	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
210	Limited-service restaurants
127	Gasoline stations
115	Finance and insurance
114	Wholesale trade
101	Offices of physicians

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