The population of Hale county is estimated at 34,209. In 2017 there were 456 births and 294 deaths in Hale county. Hale county has 3,816 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,832 that are owned free and clear and 4,198 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Hale County filed 13,110 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Hale had a combined total federal tax liability of $74,754,000 on earned income of $511,259,000. Other notable statistics from Hale County were 410 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,898,000 and 1,110 charitable contributions valued at $10,145,000. 1,070 filings from Hale County paid a combined total of $3,604,000 in property taxes and 730 filings paid $3,858,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Hale county had 88 religious congregations with an estimated 33,500 members.
16.1% of the Hale population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 24.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 26% of Hale County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 37 votes.
At $43,570 the median income is 73.6% of the Texas average. An estimated 637 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Hale, the equivalant of around 5.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Hale County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,631	Manufacturing
1,464	Retail trade
1,371	Transportation and warehousing
1,058	Health care and social assistance
985	Accommodation and food services
923	Food services and drinking places
888	Warehousing and storage
794	Restaurants and other eating places
404	Ambulatory health care services
400	Limited-service restaurants
367	Truck transportation
351	Nursing and residential care facilities
345	Other services (except public administration)
333	Full-service restaurants
326	Finance and insurance

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