The population of Milam county is estimated at 24,735. In 2017 there were 321 births and 282 deaths in Milam county. Milam county has 2,991 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,757 that are owned free and clear and 2,660 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Milam County filed 10,440 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.007% of the entire nation. Milam had a combined total federal tax liability of $74,976,000 on earned income of $473,183,000. Other notable statistics from Milam County were 330 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,788,000 and 970 charitable contributions valued at $5,698,000. 1,030 filings from Milam County paid a combined total of $4,005,000 in property taxes and 790 filings paid $5,672,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Milam county had 87 religious congregations with an estimated 15,206 members.
15.0% of the Milam population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 18.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 35% of Milam County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 387 votes.
At $44,855 the median income is 75.8% of the Texas average. An estimated 506 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Milam, the equivalant of around 5.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Milam County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
791	Health care and social assistance
681	Retail trade
394	Nursing and residential care facilities
381	Accommodation and food services
311	Food services and drinking places
278	Manufacturing
260	Ambulatory health care services
217	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
187	Limited-service restaurants
184	Home health care services
182	Finance and insurance
138	Information
138	Wholesale trade
123	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
122	Food and beverage stores

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