The population of Overton county is estimated at 21,978. In 2017 there were 225 births and 309 deaths in Overton county. Overton county has 3,527 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,366 that are owned free and clear and 1,927 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Overton County filed 8,930 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Tennessee filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Overton had a combined total federal tax liability of $51,938,000 on earned income of $365,787,000. Other notable statistics from Overton County were 320 unemployment claims which collected a total of $739,000 and 770 charitable contributions valued at $5,198,000. 810 filings from Overton County paid a combined total of $1,273,000 in property taxes and 690 filings paid $4,723,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Overton county had 60 religious congregations with an estimated 8,068 members.
13.0% of the Overton population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 37% of Overton County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 538 votes.
At $37,154 the median income is 72.4% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 395 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Overton, the equivalant of around 4.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Overton County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
498	Retail trade
325	Food services and drinking places
233	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
233	Administrative and support services
225	Ambulatory health care services
134	Finance and insurance
76	Social assistance
61	Gasoline stations
53	Wood product manufacturing
39	Building material and supplies dealers
27	Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
27	Cement and concrete product manufacturing
17	Offices of other health practitioners
8	Offices of certified public accountants
6	Other nondepository credit intermediation

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