The population of Humboldt county is estimated at 136,449. In 2017 there were 1,446 births and 1,332 deaths in Humboldt county. Humboldt county has 19,111 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 11,709 that are owned free and clear and 25,211 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Humboldt County filed 56,790 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all California filings and 0.038% of the entire nation. Humboldt had a combined total federal tax liability of $397,678,000 on earned income of $2,931,100,000. Other notable statistics from Humboldt County were 2,990 unemployment claims which collected a total of $13,054,000 and 10,310 charitable contributions valued at $35,814,000. 12,980 filings from Humboldt County paid a combined total of $43,744,000 in property taxes and 10,800 filings paid $94,417,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Humboldt county had 177 religious congregations with an estimated 28,959 members.
29.4% of the Humboldt population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 25% of Humboldt County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 12,633 votes.
At $46,123 the median income is 64.3% of the California average. An estimated 2,639 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Humboldt, 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 Humboldt County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,111	Health care and social assistance
6,600	Retail trade
4,746	Accommodation and food services
3,786	Food services and drinking places
3,135	Restaurants and other eating places
2,252	Ambulatory health care services
2,149	Manufacturing
1,996	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,654	Food and beverage stores
1,596	Full-service restaurants
1,496	Grocery stores
1,464	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
1,257	Other services (except public administration)
1,150	Limited-service restaurants
1,130	Arts, entertainment, and recreation

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.27% in Humboldt County.

In 2018 20.01% of listings in Humboldt County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 95501 and 95503) dropped their price.

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