The population of Carter county is estimated at 56,458. In 2017 there were 508 births and 732 deaths in Carter county. Carter county has 8,613 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 8,534 that are owned free and clear and 7,050 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Carter County filed 22,900 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Tennessee filings and 0.015% of the entire nation. Carter had a combined total federal tax liability of $130,752,000 on earned income of $923,293,000. Other notable statistics from Carter County were 670 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,108,000 and 1,870 charitable contributions valued at $13,630,000. 2,090 filings from Carter County paid a combined total of $4,127,000 in property taxes and 1,610 filings paid $10,355,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Carter county had 116 religious congregations with an estimated 26,891 members.
15.5% of the Carter population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 37% of Carter County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 386 votes.
At $39,725 the median income is 77.4% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 1,086 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Carter, the equivalant of around 4.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Carter County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,782	Health care and social assistance
1,692	Retail trade
1,203	Accommodation and food services
1,120	Restaurants and other eating places
1,007	Manufacturing
618	Limited-service restaurants
605	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
472	Full-service restaurants
447	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
445	Ambulatory health care services
348	Finance and insurance
335	Other services (except public administration)
289	Credit intermediation and related activities
272	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
193	Repair and maintenance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.43% in Carter County.

In 2018 9.75% of listings in Carter County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 37687 and 37643) dropped their price.

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