The population of Wilson county is estimated at 48,190. In 2017 there were 566 births and 379 deaths in Wilson county. Wilson county has 7,920 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,646 that are owned free and clear and 2,443 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Wilson County filed 20,870 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Texas filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Wilson had a combined total federal tax liability of $208,611,000 on earned income of $1,339,517,000. Other notable statistics from Wilson County were 610 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,312,000 and 3,940 charitable contributions valued at $17,022,000. 4,610 filings from Wilson County paid a combined total of $22,554,000 in property taxes and 4,220 filings paid $34,090,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Wilson county had 44 religious congregations with an estimated 19,673 members.
19.5% of the Wilson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 40% of Wilson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,069 votes.
At $70,829 the median income is 119.7% of the Texas average. An estimated 835 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Wilson, the equivalant of around 3.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Wilson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,158	Health care and social assistance
1,151	Retail trade
763	Accommodation and food services
706	Food services and drinking places
658	Restaurants and other eating places
413	Limited-service restaurants
368	Transportation and warehousing
327	Manufacturing
226	Specialized freight trucking
206	Finance and insurance
168	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
166	Professional, scientific, and technical services
145	Gasoline stations
140	Other services (except public administration)
124	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.70% in Wilson County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 78121).

In 2018 9.67% of listings in Wilson County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 78121) dropped their price.

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