The population of Oglethorpe county is estimated at 14,710. In 2017 there were 149 births and 145 deaths in Oglethorpe county. Oglethorpe county has 2,919 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,592 that are owned free and clear and 1,136 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Oglethorpe County filed 5,950 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Georgia filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Oglethorpe had a combined total federal tax liability of $34,051,000 on earned income of $272,001,000. Other notable statistics from Oglethorpe County were 130 unemployment claims which collected a total of $242,000 and 1,250 charitable contributions valued at $6,698,000. 1,340 filings from Oglethorpe County paid a combined total of $2,727,000 in property taxes and 1,180 filings paid $7,204,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Oglethorpe county had 29 religious congregations with an estimated 3,347 members.
15.5% of the Oglethorpe population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 22.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 45% of Oglethorpe County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 392 votes.
At $44,718 the median income is 79.7% of the Georgia average. An estimated 310 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Oglethorpe, the equivalant of around 4.3% 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 Oglethorpe County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
145	Retail trade
58	Manufacturing
33	Automobile dealers
30	Gasoline stations
30	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
28	Ambulatory health care services
26	Finance and insurance
22	Limited-service restaurants
22	Restaurants and other eating places
12	Repair and maintenance
4	Legal services
4	Offices of lawyers
3	Offices of other health practitioners
0	General freight trucking, local
0	General freight trucking, long-distance

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