The population of Refugio county is estimated at 7,293. In 2017 there were 88 births and 66 deaths in Refugio county. Refugio county has 810 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,270 that are owned free and clear and 761 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Refugio County filed 3,130 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.0% of all Texas filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Refugio had a combined total federal tax liability of $22,729,000 on earned income of $149,987,000. Other notable statistics from Refugio County were 150 unemployment claims which collected a total of $863,000 and 320 charitable contributions valued at $1,597,000. 350 filings from Refugio County paid a combined total of $1,117,000 in property taxes and 210 filings paid $1,184,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Refugio county had 34 religious congregations with an estimated 5,754 members.
12.1% of the Refugio population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 40% of Refugio County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 272 votes.
At $42,898 the median income is 72.5% of the Texas average. An estimated 180 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Refugio, the equivalant of around 5.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Refugio County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
257	Health care and social assistance
252	Retail trade
204	Restaurants and other eating places
155	Limited-service restaurants
87	Gasoline stations
63	Transportation and warehousing
49	Full-service restaurants
32	Credit intermediation and related activities
32	Depository credit intermediation
29	Real estate and rental and leasing
25	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
25	Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
23	Other services (except public administration)
20	Professional, scientific, and technical services
15	Pipeline transportation

Interested in adding housing statistics for Refugio County to your website? Click here for the QuantaLoan.com county widget code for Refugio, Texas.