The population of Desha county is estimated at 11,920. In 2017 there were 158 births and 174 deaths in Desha county. Desha county has 1,504 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,667 that are owned free and clear and 2,150 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Desha County filed 4,810 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Arkansas filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Desha had a combined total federal tax liability of $26,465,000 on earned income of $184,653,000. Other notable statistics from Desha County were 240 unemployment claims which collected a total of $553,000 and 640 charitable contributions valued at $4,501,000. 520 filings from Desha County paid a combined total of $597,000 in property taxes and 380 filings paid $1,645,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Desha county had 52 religious congregations with an estimated 8,525 members.
12.6% of the Desha population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 22.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 35% of Desha County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 14 votes.
At $33,228 the median income is 72.4% of the Arkansas average. An estimated 262 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Desha, the equivalant of around 4.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Desha County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
724	Manufacturing
595	Retail trade
589	Health care and social assistance
305	Accommodation and food services
267	Restaurants and other eating places
223	Wholesale trade
186	Food and beverage stores
181	Limited-service restaurants
141	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
135	Finance and insurance
132	Transportation and warehousing
128	Ambulatory health care services
102	Commercial banking
102	Credit intermediation and related activities
102	Depository credit intermediation

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