The population of Walker county is estimated at 64,561. In 2017 there were 777 births and 974 deaths in Walker county. Walker county has 10,046 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 10,088 that are owned free and clear and 6,437 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Walker County filed 24,780 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.2% of all Alabama filings and 0.017% of the entire nation. Walker had a combined total federal tax liability of $171,016,000 on earned income of $1,183,096,000. Other notable statistics from Walker County were 920 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,034,000 and 4,160 charitable contributions valued at $29,069,000. 3,820 filings from Walker County paid a combined total of $3,438,000 in property taxes and 3,190 filings paid $18,693,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Walker county had 217 religious congregations with an estimated 43,800 members.
11.1% of the Walker population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 20.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 45% of Walker County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 746 votes.
At $41,925 the median income is 87.0% of the Alabama average. An estimated 1,262 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Walker, the equivalant of around 5.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Walker County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,216	Retail trade
3,178	Health care and social assistance
1,710	Manufacturing
1,468	Accommodation and food services
1,389	Ambulatory health care services
1,383	Food services and drinking places
1,375	Restaurants and other eating places
835	Limited-service restaurants
638	Nursing and residential care facilities
600	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
568	Offices of physicians
535	Finance and insurance
517	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
501	Transportation and warehousing
445	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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