The population of Black Hawk county is estimated at 132,813. In 2017 there were 1,692 births and 1,205 deaths in Black Hawk county. Black Hawk county has 23,623 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 12,026 that are owned free and clear and 16,821 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Black Hawk County filed 58,630 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 4.1% of all Iowa filings and 0.039% of the entire nation. Black Hawk had a combined total federal tax liability of $515,851,000 on earned income of $3,410,747,000. Other notable statistics from Black Hawk County were 4,790 unemployment claims which collected a total of $19,054,000 and 12,930 charitable contributions valued at $60,626,000. 15,060 filings from Black Hawk County paid a combined total of $55,061,000 in property taxes and 12,060 filings paid $65,856,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Black Hawk county had 165 religious congregations with an estimated 71,141 members.
27.5% of the Black Hawk population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Black Hawk County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 2,984 votes.
At $50,426 the median income is 85.9% of the Iowa average. An estimated 2,592 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Black Hawk, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Black Hawk County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
13,067	Manufacturing
10,530	Health care and social assistance
8,793	Retail trade
6,630	Accommodation and food services
5,941	Machinery manufacturing
5,584	Food services and drinking places
5,141	Restaurants and other eating places
3,781	Professional, scientific, and technical services
3,637	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
3,461	Administrative and support services
3,160	Full-service restaurants
2,902	Finance and insurance
2,837	Transportation and warehousing
2,799	Food manufacturing
2,687	Wholesale trade

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