The population of Craighead county is estimated at 105,781. In 2017 there were 1,569 births and 982 deaths in Craighead county. Craighead county has 15,076 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,547 that are owned free and clear and 14,668 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Craighead County filed 42,170 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 3.5% of all Arkansas filings and 0.028% of the entire nation. Craighead had a combined total federal tax liability of $358,810,000 on earned income of $2,353,004,000. Other notable statistics from Craighead County were 1,400 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,728,000 and 7,880 charitable contributions valued at $58,097,000. 7,910 filings from Craighead County paid a combined total of $14,325,000 in property taxes and 6,920 filings paid $48,579,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Craighead county had 170 religious congregations with an estimated 54,194 members.
26.5% of the Craighead population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 33% of Craighead County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 3,761 votes.
At $49,355 the median income is 107.5% of the Arkansas average. An estimated 1,601 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Craighead, the equivalant of around 3.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Craighead County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
8,701	Health care and social assistance
6,391	Retail trade
5,254	Manufacturing
3,991	Restaurants and other eating places
1,896	Full-service restaurants
1,879	Limited-service restaurants
1,738	General merchandise stores
1,646	Food manufacturing
1,509	Wholesale trade
1,209	Offices of physicians
1,202	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
1,201	Finance and insurance
1,164	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
1,078	Transportation and warehousing
1,013	Employment services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.67% in Craighead County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 72401 and 72404).

In 2018 11.62% of listings in Craighead County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 72401 and 72404) dropped their price.

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