The population of Lewis county is estimated at 11,912. In 2017 there were 131 births and 135 deaths in Lewis county. Lewis county has 1,997 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,663 that are owned free and clear and 1,121 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lewis County filed 4,940 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Tennessee filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Lewis had a combined total federal tax liability of $30,202,000 on earned income of $204,028,000. Other notable statistics from Lewis County were 200 unemployment claims which collected a total of $549,000 and 340 charitable contributions valued at $2,029,000. 380 filings from Lewis County paid a combined total of $617,000 in property taxes and 310 filings paid $2,169,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lewis county had 42 religious congregations with an estimated 5,104 members.
12.0% of the Lewis population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 39% of Lewis County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 90 votes.
At $37,959 the median income is 74.0% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 224 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lewis, 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 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Lewis County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
492	Health care and social assistance
394	Retail trade
259	Manufacturing
175	Restaurants and other eating places
131	Limited-service restaurants
128	Home health care services
48	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
44	Full-service restaurants
43	Food and beverage stores
43	Grocery stores
43	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
43	Depository credit intermediation
43	Commercial banking
43	State commercial banks (banking)
40	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers

In 2018 12.50% of listings in Lewis County.

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