The population of Freestone county is estimated at 19,647. In 2017 there were 206 births and 195 deaths in Freestone county. Freestone county has 2,583 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,065 that are owned free and clear and 1,611 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Freestone County filed 7,830 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Freestone had a combined total federal tax liability of $59,683,000 on earned income of $376,676,000. Other notable statistics from Freestone County were 350 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,913,000 and 960 charitable contributions valued at $5,767,000. 1,050 filings from Freestone County paid a combined total of $3,914,000 in property taxes and 760 filings paid $5,125,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Freestone county had 47 religious congregations with an estimated 8,986 members.
11.7% of the Freestone population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 18.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 39% of Freestone County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 46 votes.
At $47,616 the median income is 80.4% of the Texas average. An estimated 425 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Freestone, the equivalant of around 6.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Freestone County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
631	Health care and social assistance
549	Accommodation and food services
498	Retail trade
492	Food services and drinking places
492	Restaurants and other eating places
311	Transportation and warehousing
232	Limited-service restaurants
222	Manufacturing
180	Truck transportation
176	Ambulatory health care services
168	Wholesale trade
132	Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local
117	Gasoline stations
107	Finance and insurance
102	Real estate and rental and leasing

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