The population of Yoakum county is estimated at 8,625. In 2017 there were 159 births and 48 deaths in Yoakum county. Yoakum county has 842 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,174 that are owned free and clear and 627 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Yoakum County filed 3,510 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.0% of all Texas filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Yoakum had a combined total federal tax liability of $29,341,000 on earned income of $198,861,000. Other notable statistics from Yoakum County were 120 unemployment claims which collected a total of $734,000 and 450 charitable contributions valued at $3,714,000. 410 filings from Yoakum County paid a combined total of $1,265,000 in property taxes and 290 filings paid $1,779,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Yoakum county had 21 religious congregations with an estimated 6,441 members.
15.1% of the Yoakum population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 29.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 27% of Yoakum County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 171 votes.
At $58,363 the median income is 98.6% of the Texas average. An estimated 135 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Yoakum, 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 4.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Yoakum County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
216	Transportation and warehousing
211	Retail trade
178	Truck transportation
168	Accommodation and food services
160	Local specialized trucking without storage
159	Food services and drinking places
159	Restaurants and other eating places
135	Wholesale trade
132	Rental and leasing services
132	Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
132	Construction, transportation, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment rental and leasing
132	Construction, mining, and forestry machinery and equipment rental and leasing
98	Manufacturing
88	Limited-service restaurants
76	Finance and insurance

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