The population of Midland county is estimated at 163,473. In 2017 there were 2,955 births and 1,083 deaths in Midland county. Midland county has 20,886 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 14,106 that are owned free and clear and 15,853 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Midland County filed 73,490 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Texas filings and 0.049% of the entire nation. Midland had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,777,536,000 on earned income of $8,111,579,000. Other notable statistics from Midland County were 2,850 unemployment claims which collected a total of $17,079,000 and 14,110 charitable contributions valued at $217,400,000. 16,090 filings from Midland County paid a combined total of $94,967,000 in property taxes and 13,500 filings paid $113,246,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Midland county had 148 religious congregations with an estimated 97,922 members.
26.8% of the Midland population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 30% of Midland County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 4,476 votes.
At $76,307 the median income is 128.9% of the Texas average. An estimated 2,686 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Midland, the equivalant of around 3.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Midland County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,463	Retail trade
7,196	Health care and social assistance
5,785	Food services and drinking places
5,553	Restaurants and other eating places
4,727	Professional, scientific, and technical services
4,659	Wholesale trade
3,771	Transportation and warehousing
2,405	Architectural, engineering, and related services
2,138	Other services (except public administration)
2,017	Finance and insurance
1,524	Employment services
1,433	Machinery manufacturing
1,429	Industrial machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
1,223	Credit intermediation and related activities
1,195	Nursing and residential care facilities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.89% in Midland County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 79707, 79703 and 79705).

In 2018 19.64% of listings in Midland County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 79703, 79707 and 79705) dropped their price.

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