The population of Upshur county is estimated at 40,864. In 2017 there were 472 births and 443 deaths in Upshur county. Upshur county has 5,955 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,828 that are owned free and clear and 3,142 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Upshur County filed 16,070 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Texas filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Upshur had a combined total federal tax liability of $116,014,000 on earned income of $760,323,000. Other notable statistics from Upshur County were 900 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,590,000 and 2,170 charitable contributions valued at $13,976,000. 2,400 filings from Upshur County paid a combined total of $8,169,000 in property taxes and 1,960 filings paid $12,698,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Upshur county had 83 religious congregations with an estimated 19,134 members.
16.9% of the Upshur population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 39% of Upshur County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 869 votes.
At $47,517 the median income is 80.3% of the Texas average. An estimated 924 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Upshur, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Upshur County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
763	Retail trade
634	Health care and social assistance
446	Professional, scientific, and technical services
285	Manufacturing
236	Limited-service restaurants
214	Finance and insurance
189	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
189	Administrative and support services
172	Information
162	Credit intermediation and related activities
153	Services to buildings and dwellings
149	Truck transportation
145	General freight trucking
142	Depository credit intermediation
132	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

In 2018 11.72% of listings in Upshur County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 75644 and 75645) dropped their price.

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