The population of Fayette county is estimated at 25,070. In 2017 there were 260 births and 286 deaths in Fayette county. Fayette county has 3,277 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,540 that are owned free and clear and 2,261 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fayette County filed 11,440 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Fayette had a combined total federal tax liability of $119,075,000 on earned income of $699,516,000. Other notable statistics from Fayette County were 280 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,647,000 and 1,640 charitable contributions valued at $9,609,000. 1,740 filings from Fayette County paid a combined total of $7,665,000 in property taxes and 1,190 filings paid $8,876,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fayette county had 64 religious congregations with an estimated 18,806 members.
18.1% of the Fayette population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 44% of Fayette County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 495 votes.
At $56,320 the median income is 95.1% of the Texas average. An estimated 399 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fayette, the equivalant of around 3.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Fayette County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,134	Retail trade
951	Manufacturing
925	Accommodation and food services
848	Health care and social assistance
846	Food services and drinking places
804	Restaurants and other eating places
578	Nursing and residential care facilities
423	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
378	Limited-service restaurants
278	Other services (except public administration)
277	Food and beverage stores
260	Finance and insurance
235	Ambulatory health care services
234	Gasoline stations
232	Food manufacturing

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