The population of Independence county is estimated at 37,094. In 2017 there were 494 births and 421 deaths in Independence county. Independence county has 5,921 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,359 that are owned free and clear and 4,111 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Independence County filed 14,520 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.2% of all Arkansas filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Independence had a combined total federal tax liability of $109,684,000 on earned income of $716,789,000. Other notable statistics from Independence County were 820 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,976,000 and 1,950 charitable contributions valued at $13,704,000. 1,960 filings from Independence County paid a combined total of $3,155,000 in property taxes and 1,670 filings paid $10,069,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Independence county had 107 religious congregations with an estimated 21,239 members.
18.0% of the Independence population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 36% of Independence County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,053 votes.
At $42,332 the median income is 92.2% of the Arkansas average. An estimated 685 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Independence, the equivalant of around 4.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Independence County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,891	Manufacturing
3,010	Health care and social assistance
2,540	Food manufacturing
1,703	Retail trade
1,481	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,173	Accommodation and food services
1,169	Temporary help services
1,089	Food services and drinking places
1,039	Restaurants and other eating places
732	Ambulatory health care services
615	Limited-service restaurants
516	Transportation and warehousing
410	Truck transportation
409	Full-service restaurants
399	Finance and insurance

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