The population of Polk county is estimated at 20,141. In 2017 there were 214 births and 277 deaths in Polk county. Polk county has 3,353 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,167 that are owned free and clear and 1,930 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Polk County filed 7,520 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Arkansas filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Polk had a combined total federal tax liability of $40,024,000 on earned income of $290,676,000. Other notable statistics from Polk County were 490 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,721,000 and 840 charitable contributions valued at $5,623,000. 910 filings from Polk County paid a combined total of $1,018,000 in property taxes and 700 filings paid $3,895,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Polk county had 70 religious congregations with an estimated 11,099 members.
12.5% of the Polk population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 40% of Polk County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 400 votes.
At $35,678 the median income is 77.7% of the Arkansas average. An estimated 361 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Polk, the equivalant of around 4.5% 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 Polk County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,195	Manufacturing
983	Health care and social assistance
966	Retail trade
499	Accommodation and food services
457	Food services and drinking places
457	Restaurants and other eating places
326	Ambulatory health care services
244	Full-service restaurants
208	Transportation and warehousing
204	Limited-service restaurants
183	Nursing and residential care facilities
170	Wood product manufacturing
157	Support activities for air transportation
150	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
141	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.42% in Polk County.

In 2018 5.00% of listings in Polk County.

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