The population of Hood county is estimated at 56,758. In 2017 there were 664 births and 663 deaths in Hood county. Hood county has 9,790 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,415 that are owned free and clear and 4,590 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Hood County filed 26,170 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Texas filings and 0.018% of the entire nation. Hood had a combined total federal tax liability of $287,560,000 on earned income of $1,819,238,000. Other notable statistics from Hood County were 780 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,452,000 and 5,890 charitable contributions valued at $47,653,000. 6,390 filings from Hood County paid a combined total of $29,674,000 in property taxes and 5,090 filings paid $39,597,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Hood county had 67 religious congregations with an estimated 29,107 members.
26.3% of the Hood population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 46% of Hood County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,675 votes.
At $64,687 the median income is 109.3% of the Texas average. An estimated 1,075 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Hood, the equivalant of around 4.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Hood County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,394	Retail trade
2,352	Health care and social assistance
1,452	Accommodation and food services
1,311	Food services and drinking places
681	Ambulatory health care services
675	Limited-service restaurants
640	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
562	Food and beverage stores
534	Other services (except public administration)
524	Grocery stores
518	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
512	Full-service restaurants
463	Finance and insurance
400	Manufacturing
396	Wholesale trade

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.77% in Hood County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 76049 and 76048).

In 2018 15.74% of listings in Hood County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 76049 and 76048) dropped their price.

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