The population of Jim Wells county is estimated at 41,115. In 2017 there were 614 births and 378 deaths in Jim Wells county. Jim Wells county has 4,341 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,830 that are owned free and clear and 3,790 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jim Wells County filed 16,490 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Jim Wells had a combined total federal tax liability of $128,833,000 on earned income of $699,875,000. Other notable statistics from Jim Wells County were 1,430 unemployment claims which collected a total of $9,029,000 and 1,680 charitable contributions valued at $7,907,000. 1,750 filings from Jim Wells County paid a combined total of $6,168,000 in property taxes and 1,400 filings paid $9,027,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jim Wells county had 53 religious congregations with an estimated 26,717 members.
11.3% of the Jim Wells population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 27.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 30% of Jim Wells County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,183 votes.
At $40,681 the median income is 68.7% of the Texas average. An estimated 1,259 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jim Wells, the equivalant of around 7.5% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 10.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Jim Wells County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,355	Health care and social assistance
3,046	Ambulatory health care services
2,625	Home health care services
1,708	Retail trade
1,345	Accommodation and food services
1,161	Food services and drinking places
1,042	Restaurants and other eating places
953	Transportation and warehousing
794	Truck transportation
682	Limited-service restaurants
620	Manufacturing
527	Real estate and rental and leasing
468	Rental and leasing services
450	Specialized freight trucking
444	Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing

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