The population of Dawson county is estimated at 23,613. In 2017 there were 261 births and 192 deaths in Dawson county. Dawson county has 4,880 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,894 that are owned free and clear and 1,659 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Dawson County filed 10,510 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Georgia filings and 0.007% of the entire nation. Dawson had a combined total federal tax liability of $100,165,000 on earned income of $673,436,000. Other notable statistics from Dawson County were 170 unemployment claims which collected a total of $490,000 and 3,060 charitable contributions valued at $17,489,000. 3,280 filings from Dawson County paid a combined total of $9,171,000 in property taxes and 2,930 filings paid $23,080,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Dawson county had 41 religious congregations with an estimated 10,477 members.
31.1% of the Dawson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 49% of Dawson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,446 votes.
At $64,930 the median income is 115.7% of the Georgia average. An estimated 457 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Dawson, the equivalant of around 3.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Dawson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,520	Retail trade
1,395	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
1,161	Manufacturing
1,099	Clothing stores
697	Accommodation and food services
661	Food services and drinking places
498	Family clothing stores
355	Limited-service restaurants
329	Health care and social assistance
308	Women's clothing stores
252	Full-service restaurants
247	Shoe stores
228	Ambulatory health care services
195	Transportation and warehousing
168	Furniture and home furnishings stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.01% in Dawson County.

In 2018 13.95% of listings in Dawson County.

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