The population of Mitchell county is estimated at 8,479. In 2017 there were 92 births and 78 deaths in Mitchell county. Mitchell county has 751 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,293 that are owned free and clear and 765 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Mitchell County filed 2,790 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.0% of all Texas filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Mitchell had a combined total federal tax liability of $18,547,000 on earned income of $129,131,000. Other notable statistics from Mitchell County were 120 unemployment claims which collected a total of $633,000 and 220 charitable contributions valued at $1,583,000. 240 filings from Mitchell County paid a combined total of $787,000 in property taxes and 140 filings paid $694,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Mitchell county had 25 religious congregations with an estimated 5,571 members.
11.8% of the Mitchell population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 24.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 26% of Mitchell County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 122 votes.
At $41,512 the median income is 70.1% of the Texas average. An estimated 139 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Mitchell, the equivalant of around 5.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Mitchell County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
284	Retail trade
120	Food services and drinking places
120	Restaurants and other eating places
71	Health care and social assistance
62	Limited-service restaurants
51	Finance and insurance
48	Gasoline stations
48	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
45	Credit intermediation and related activities
45	Depository credit intermediation
38	Shoe stores
38	Family shoe stores
38	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
35	Professional, scientific, and technical services
29	Other general merchandise stores

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