The population of Polk county is estimated at 47,735. In 2017 there were 554 births and 629 deaths in Polk county. Polk county has 5,194 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,907 that are owned free and clear and 3,402 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Polk County filed 23,250 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Texas filings and 0.016% of the entire nation. Polk had a combined total federal tax liability of $184,970,000 on earned income of $1,250,417,000. Other notable statistics from Polk County were 940 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,394,000 and 3,400 charitable contributions valued at $20,389,000. 3,180 filings from Polk County paid a combined total of $13,179,000 in property taxes and 2,590 filings paid $17,398,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Polk county had 72 religious congregations with an estimated 14,911 members.
12.3% of the Polk population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 72% of Polk County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 15,386 votes.
At $44,596 the median income is 75.3% of the Texas average. An estimated 1,049 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Polk, the equivalant of around 6.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Polk County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,738	Retail trade
1,413	Health care and social assistance
1,227	Manufacturing
1,136	Wood product manufacturing
940	Accommodation and food services
868	Food services and drinking places
824	Restaurants and other eating places
485	Nursing and residential care facilities
437	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
430	Limited-service restaurants
383	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
343	Food and beverage stores
342	Finance and insurance
340	Professional, scientific, and technical services
306	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.97% in Polk County.

In 2018 9.13% of listings in Polk County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 77360 and 77351) dropped their price.

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