The population of Augusta county is estimated at 74,774. In 2017 there were 691 births and 757 deaths in Augusta county. Augusta county has 15,058 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,969 that are owned free and clear and 5,489 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Augusta County filed 34,850 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.9% of all Virginia filings and 0.023% of the entire nation. Augusta had a combined total federal tax liability of $256,607,000 on earned income of $1,915,690,000. Other notable statistics from Augusta County were 740 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,171,000 and 7,670 charitable contributions valued at $39,966,000. 9,080 filings from Augusta County paid a combined total of $15,510,000 in property taxes and 7,970 filings paid $59,245,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Augusta county had 129 religious congregations with an estimated 28,087 members.
23.4% of the Augusta population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of Augusta County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,047 votes.
At $58,368 the median income is 81.6% of the Virginia average. An estimated 1,266 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Augusta, the equivalant of around 3.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Augusta County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,382	Manufacturing
3,916	Health care and social assistance
2,233	Transportation and warehousing
1,941	Retail trade
1,390	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
1,229	Accommodation and food services
1,120	Ambulatory health care services
1,016	Food services and drinking places
907	Truck transportation
806	General freight trucking, long-distance
737	Wholesale trade
719	Cutlery and handtool manufacturing
719	Metal kitchen cookware, utensil, cutlery, and flatware (except precious) manufacturing
704	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
675	Administrative and support services

In 2018 7.37% of listings in Augusta County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 24477 and 22939) dropped their price.

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