The population of De Witt county is estimated at 20,618. In 2017 there were 266 births and 233 deaths in De Witt county. De Witt county has 2,241 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,307 that are owned free and clear and 1,859 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of De Witt County filed 8,000 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. De Witt had a combined total federal tax liability of $146,236,000 on earned income of $588,771,000. Other notable statistics from De Witt County were 360 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,329,000 and 860 charitable contributions valued at $10,951,000. 920 filings from De Witt County paid a combined total of $3,242,000 in property taxes and 590 filings paid $4,189,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 De Witt county had 46 religious congregations with an estimated 10,319 members.
13.6% of the De Witt population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 19.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 33% of DeWitt County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 198 votes.
At $47,657 the median income is 80.5% of the Texas average. An estimated 426 people claimed to be unemployed last year in De Witt, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.5%.

Top 15 Industries in De Witt County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
667	Retail trade
660	Health care and social assistance
594	Manufacturing
440	Accommodation and food services
431	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
383	Food services and drinking places
368	Restaurants and other eating places
243	Finance and insurance
213	Wholesale trade
195	Real estate and rental and leasing
194	Limited-service restaurants
191	Other services (except public administration)
190	Credit intermediation and related activities
185	Rental and leasing services
179	Food and beverage stores

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