The population of New Kent county is estimated at 21,030. In 2017 there were 214 births and 138 deaths in New Kent county. New Kent county has 4,568 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,453 that are owned free and clear and 792 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of New Kent County filed 10,680 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Virginia filings and 0.007% of the entire nation. New Kent had a combined total federal tax liability of $172,372,000 on earned income of $974,900,000. Other notable statistics from New Kent County were 220 unemployment claims which collected a total of $830,000 and 3,950 charitable contributions valued at $15,691,000. 4,470 filings from New Kent County paid a combined total of $12,770,000 in property taxes and 4,130 filings paid $35,805,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 New Kent county had 19 religious congregations with an estimated 5,606 members.
26.9% of the New Kent population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 58% of New Kent County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,222 votes.
At $89,682 the median income is 125.4% of the Virginia average. An estimated 382 people claimed to be unemployed last year in New Kent, the equivalant of around 3.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.4%.

Top 15 Industries in New Kent County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
610	Health care and social assistance
488	Retail trade
260	Restaurants and other eating places
192	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
160	Full-service restaurants
157	Manufacturing
148	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
128	Gasoline stations
114	Transportation and warehousing
100	Limited-service restaurants
94	Professional, scientific, and technical services
87	Other services (except public administration)
79	Waste management and remediation services
69	Administrative and support services
51	Repair and maintenance

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