The population of Covington county is estimated at 37,386. In 2017 there were 443 births and 511 deaths in Covington county. Covington county has 5,839 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,641 that are owned free and clear and 4,051 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Covington County filed 14,660 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Alabama filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Covington had a combined total federal tax liability of $100,916,000 on earned income of $689,581,000. Other notable statistics from Covington County were 780 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,029,000 and 2,160 charitable contributions valued at $14,636,000. 2,080 filings from Covington County paid a combined total of $1,994,000 in property taxes and 1,870 filings paid $12,112,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Covington county had 126 religious congregations with an estimated 23,386 members.
15.5% of the Covington population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 18.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 42% of Covington County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 403 votes.
At $39,093 the median income is 81.1% of the Alabama average. An estimated 820 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Covington, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Covington County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,141	Manufacturing
1,834	Retail trade
1,727	Health care and social assistance
836	Accommodation and food services
762	Food services and drinking places
679	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
645	Administrative and support services
589	Hospitals
589	General medical and surgical hospitals
589	General medical and surgical hospitals, except government
524	Ambulatory health care services
501	Limited-service restaurants
445	Wholesale trade
393	General merchandise stores
393	Other general merchandise stores

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