The population of Ward county is estimated at 11,589. In 2017 there were 181 births and 91 deaths in Ward county. Ward county has 1,138 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,919 that are owned free and clear and 938 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Ward County filed 4,770 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.0% of all Texas filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Ward had a combined total federal tax liability of $45,626,000 on earned income of $260,415,000. Other notable statistics from Ward County were 240 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,346,000 and 370 charitable contributions valued at $2,628,000. 390 filings from Ward County paid a combined total of $903,000 in property taxes and 310 filings paid $1,853,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Ward county had 31 religious congregations with an estimated 6,741 members.
13.5% of the Ward population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 29% of Ward County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 175 votes.
At $53,242 the median income is 89.9% of the Texas average. An estimated 225 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Ward, the equivalant of around 4.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Ward County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
483	Transportation and warehousing
440	Truck transportation
359	Retail trade
326	Accommodation and food services
293	Food services and drinking places
229	Health care and social assistance
228	General freight trucking
212	Specialized freight trucking
168	Other services (except public administration)
160	Food and beverage stores
155	Repair and maintenance
151	Real estate and rental and leasing
146	Limited-service restaurants
136	Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
136	Construction, transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment rental and leasing

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