The population of Leon county is estimated at 17,196. In 2017 there were 214 births and 212 deaths in Leon county. Leon county has 2,269 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,334 that are owned free and clear and 1,293 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Leon County filed 7,510 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Leon had a combined total federal tax liability of $55,424,000 on earned income of $351,640,000. Other notable statistics from Leon County were 270 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,788,000 and 1,010 charitable contributions valued at $6,445,000. 980 filings from Leon County paid a combined total of $3,070,000 in property taxes and 710 filings paid $4,736,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Leon county had 57 religious congregations with an estimated 10,224 members.
15.9% of the Leon population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 43% of Leon County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 466 votes.
At $43,189 the median income is 73.0% of the Texas average. An estimated 390 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Leon, the equivalant of around 6.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Leon County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
751	Manufacturing
558	Retail trade
346	Accommodation and food services
306	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
291	Health care and social assistance
260	Food services and drinking places
260	Restaurants and other eating places
234	Gasoline stations
213	Nursing and residential care facilities
188	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
161	Limited-service restaurants
160	Food and beverage stores
117	Finance and insurance
114	Other services (except public administration)
102	Credit intermediation and related activities

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