The population of Benton county is estimated at 25,641. In 2017 there were 301 births and 228 deaths in Benton county. Benton county has 5,544 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,779 that are owned free and clear and 1,979 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Benton County filed 11,950 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Iowa filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Benton had a combined total federal tax liability of $98,037,000 on earned income of $747,081,000. Other notable statistics from Benton County were 750 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,709,000 and 2,950 charitable contributions valued at $10,660,000. 3,480 filings from Benton County paid a combined total of $10,106,000 in property taxes and 2,780 filings paid $15,350,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Benton county had 51 religious congregations with an estimated 13,824 members.
22.0% of the Benton population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 53% of Benton County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 269 votes.
At $67,946 the median income is 115.7% of the Iowa average. An estimated 440 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Benton, the equivalant of around 3.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Benton County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
775	Health care and social assistance
744	Retail trade
717	Manufacturing
319	Wholesale trade
269	Food services and drinking places
248	Truck transportation
231	Ambulatory health care services
203	Finance and insurance
191	Restaurants and other eating places
163	Gasoline stations
148	Other services (except public administration)
121	Commercial banking
107	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
104	Full-service restaurants
102	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

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