The population of Macon county is estimated at 23,455. In 2017 there were 331 births and 263 deaths in Macon county. Macon county has 3,463 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,868 that are owned free and clear and 2,230 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Macon County filed 9,560 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Tennessee filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Macon had a combined total federal tax liability of $59,220,000 on earned income of $413,183,000. Other notable statistics from Macon County were 240 unemployment claims which collected a total of $493,000 and 480 charitable contributions valued at $2,530,000. 560 filings from Macon County paid a combined total of $818,000 in property taxes and 500 filings paid $3,687,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Macon county had 37 religious congregations with an estimated 5,770 members.
9.6% of the Macon population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 32% of Macon County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 586 votes.
At $41,266 the median income is 80.4% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 363 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Macon, the equivalant of around 3.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Macon County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
771	Manufacturing
666	Retail trade
657	Health care and social assistance
311	Wood product manufacturing
281	Nursing and residential care facilities
221	Accommodation and food services
221	Food services and drinking places
175	Sawmills and wood preservation
175	Sawmills
160	Commercial banking
160	State commercial banks (banking)
160	Depository credit intermediation
136	Other wood product manufacturing
126	Limited-service restaurants
117	Machinery manufacturing

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