The population of Rusk county is estimated at 52,856. In 2017 there were 612 births and 534 deaths in Rusk county. Rusk county has 6,769 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,491 that are owned free and clear and 4,216 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Rusk County filed 20,290 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Texas filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Rusk had a combined total federal tax liability of $162,540,000 on earned income of $1,017,263,000. Other notable statistics from Rusk County were 1,050 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,997,000 and 2,880 charitable contributions valued at $20,698,000. 2,880 filings from Rusk County paid a combined total of $9,045,000 in property taxes and 2,240 filings paid $14,835,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Rusk county had 115 religious congregations with an estimated 24,894 members.
15.5% of the Rusk population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 36% of Rusk County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 457 votes.
At $49,872 the median income is 84.3% of the Texas average. An estimated 1,118 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Rusk, the equivalant of around 5.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Rusk County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,596	Health care and social assistance
1,410	Retail trade
1,297	Manufacturing
971	Restaurants and other eating places
793	Professional, scientific, and technical services
689	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
641	Administrative and support services
579	Limited-service restaurants
409	Finance and insurance
403	Wood product manufacturing
339	Food and beverage stores
329	Credit intermediation and related activities
327	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
306	Truck transportation
298	Fabricated metal product manufacturing

In 2018 7.50% of listings in Rusk County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 75652 and 75654) dropped their price.

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