The population of Lavaca county is estimated at 19,910. In 2017 there were 227 births and 238 deaths in Lavaca county. Lavaca county has 2,291 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,796 that are owned free and clear and 1,721 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lavaca County filed 9,240 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Lavaca had a combined total federal tax liability of $89,238,000 on earned income of $514,405,000. Other notable statistics from Lavaca County were 220 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,366,000 and 930 charitable contributions valued at $5,894,000. 1,040 filings from Lavaca County paid a combined total of $3,803,000 in property taxes and 740 filings paid $5,550,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lavaca county had 53 religious congregations with an estimated 19,810 members.
17.4% of the Lavaca population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 43% of Lavaca County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 354 votes.
At $51,191 the median income is 86.5% of the Texas average. An estimated 312 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lavaca, the equivalant of around 3.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Lavaca County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,554	Manufacturing
981	Health care and social assistance
772	Retail trade
535	Nursing and residential care facilities
502	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
371	Accommodation and food services
342	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
316	Food services and drinking places
296	Restaurants and other eating places
294	Finance and insurance
200	Food and beverage stores
157	General merchandise stores
140	Other services (except public administration)
136	Professional, scientific, and technical services
130	Limited-service restaurants

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