The population of Fentress county is estimated at 17,955. In 2017 there were 191 births and 253 deaths in Fentress county. Fentress county has 2,852 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,759 that are owned free and clear and 1,639 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fentress County filed 6,800 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Tennessee filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Fentress had a combined total federal tax liability of $44,740,000 on earned income of $270,405,000. Other notable statistics from Fentress County were 260 unemployment claims which collected a total of $718,000 and 540 charitable contributions valued at $4,659,000. 610 filings from Fentress County paid a combined total of $899,000 in property taxes and 520 filings paid $3,964,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fentress county had 36 religious congregations with an estimated 6,216 members.
11.7% of the Fentress population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 22.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 41% of Fentress County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 421 votes.
At $32,895 the median income is 64.1% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 320 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fentress, 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 6.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Fentress County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
599	Retail trade
300	Food services and drinking places
300	Restaurants and other eating places
298	Manufacturing
220	Limited-service restaurants
131	Commercial banking
131	State commercial banks (banking)
131	Depository credit intermediation
107	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
92	Real estate and rental and leasing
80	Full-service restaurants
80	Offices of physicians
80	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
76	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
76	Grocery stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.06% in Fentress County.

In 2018 7.63% of listings in Fentress County.

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