The population of Stafford county is estimated at 143,477. In 2017 there were 1,674 births and 762 deaths in Stafford county. Stafford county has 28,017 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,322 that are owned free and clear and 9,430 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Stafford County filed 65,780 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.7% of all Virginia filings and 0.044% of the entire nation. Stafford had a combined total federal tax liability of $750,308,000 on earned income of $5,192,855,000. Other notable statistics from Stafford County were 1,210 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,784,000 and 25,360 charitable contributions valued at $112,564,000. 28,070 filings from Stafford County paid a combined total of $95,968,000 in property taxes and 26,860 filings paid $291,368,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Stafford county had 95 religious congregations with an estimated 34,247 members.
38.7% of the Stafford population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Stafford County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 5,012 votes.
At $111,184 the median income is 155.5% of the Virginia average. An estimated 2,524 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Stafford, the equivalant of around 3.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Stafford County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,489	Retail trade
3,786	Professional, scientific, and technical services
3,363	Health care and social assistance
3,102	Accommodation and food services
2,775	Food services and drinking places
2,580	Restaurants and other eating places
1,500	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,425	Ambulatory health care services
1,379	Administrative and support services
1,277	General merchandise stores
1,216	Limited-service restaurants
1,201	Full-service restaurants
1,195	Other services (except public administration)
1,172	Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
1,049	Architectural, engineering, and related services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.29% in Stafford County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 22556 and 22554).

In 2018 15.82% of listings in Stafford County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 22556 and 22554) dropped their price.

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