The population of Cedar county is estimated at 18,407. In 2017 there were 190 births and 191 deaths in Cedar county. Cedar county has 3,867 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,036 that are owned free and clear and 1,608 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Cedar County filed 8,840 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Iowa filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Cedar had a combined total federal tax liability of $68,607,000 on earned income of $529,137,000. Other notable statistics from Cedar County were 550 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,156,000 and 1,990 charitable contributions valued at $5,991,000. 2,420 filings from Cedar County paid a combined total of $7,174,000 in property taxes and 1,900 filings paid $10,510,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Cedar county had 32 religious congregations with an estimated 8,000 members.
22.4% of the Cedar population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 5.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Cedar County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 162 votes.
At $63,430 the median income is 108.0% of the Iowa average. An estimated 314 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Cedar, the equivalant of around 2.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Cedar County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
679	Truck transportation
643	Manufacturing
631	General freight trucking
617	Health care and social assistance
611	Retail trade
562	General freight trucking, long-distance
384	Wholesale trade
294	Nursing and residential care facilities
264	Restaurants and other eating places
235	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
235	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
203	Machinery manufacturing
194	Information
176	Gasoline stations
154	Food and beverage stores

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