The population of Gaines county is estimated at 20,481. In 2017 there were 456 births and 123 deaths in Gaines county. Gaines county has 1,934 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,390 that are owned free and clear and 1,282 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Gaines County filed 7,500 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Gaines had a combined total federal tax liability of $51,245,000 on earned income of $374,637,000. Other notable statistics from Gaines County were 180 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,047,000 and 840 charitable contributions valued at $5,704,000. 880 filings from Gaines County paid a combined total of $4,170,000 in property taxes and 700 filings paid $4,990,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Gaines county had 31 religious congregations with an estimated 10,944 members.
11.2% of the Gaines population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 38.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 23% of Gaines County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 543 votes.
At $52,138 the median income is 88.1% of the Texas average. An estimated 280 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Gaines, the equivalant of around 3.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Gaines County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
498	Retail trade
374	Wholesale trade
363	Transportation and warehousing
300	Health care and social assistance
284	Food services and drinking places
284	Restaurants and other eating places
250	Other services (except public administration)
228	Repair and maintenance
174	Limited-service restaurants
168	Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment (except automotive and electronic) repair and maintenance
158	Manufacturing
158	Grocery stores
158	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
109	Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
98	Farm and garden machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers

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