The population of Dawson county is estimated at 13,042. In 2017 there were 191 births and 127 deaths in Dawson county. Dawson county has 1,172 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,992 that are owned free and clear and 1,221 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Dawson County filed 4,790 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.0% of all Texas filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Dawson had a combined total federal tax liability of $34,888,000 on earned income of $237,528,000. Other notable statistics from Dawson County were 140 unemployment claims which collected a total of $698,000 and 450 charitable contributions valued at $4,109,000. 430 filings from Dawson County paid a combined total of $1,533,000 in property taxes and 220 filings paid $1,234,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Dawson county had 39 religious congregations with an estimated 9,803 members.
12.7% of the Dawson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 27.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 27% of Dawson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 78 votes.
At $42,127 the median income is 71.2% of the Texas average. An estimated 227 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Dawson, the equivalant of around 4.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Dawson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
659	Retail trade
378	Health care and social assistance
335	Accommodation and food services
304	Food services and drinking places
226	Transportation and warehousing
198	Limited-service restaurants
178	Specialized freight trucking
178	Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local
121	Manufacturing
119	Finance and insurance
116	Gasoline stations
104	General merchandise stores
104	Wholesale trade
99	Full-service restaurants
85	Machinery manufacturing

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