The population of Cerro Gordo county is estimated at 43,064. In 2017 there were 461 births and 505 deaths in Cerro Gordo county. Cerro Gordo county has 8,541 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,214 that are owned free and clear and 5,595 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Cerro Gordo County filed 20,650 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.4% of all Iowa filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Cerro Gordo had a combined total federal tax liability of $183,011,000 on earned income of $1,236,517,000. Other notable statistics from Cerro Gordo County were 1,060 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,773,000 and 4,580 charitable contributions valued at $24,853,000. 5,060 filings from Cerro Gordo County paid a combined total of $18,075,000 in property taxes and 3,650 filings paid $19,815,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Cerro Gordo county had 71 religious congregations with an estimated 29,944 members.
22.2% of the Cerro Gordo population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 53% of Cerro Gordo County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 915 votes.
At $54,454 the median income is 92.8% of the Iowa average. An estimated 716 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Cerro Gordo, the equivalant of around 3.1% 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 Cerro Gordo County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,853	Health care and social assistance
3,784	Retail trade
2,687	Manufacturing
1,759	Restaurants and other eating places
1,080	Finance and insurance
932	Wholesale trade
926	Transportation and warehousing
859	Full-service restaurants
843	Food manufacturing
826	Limited-service restaurants
756	Food and beverage stores
708	Temporary help services
613	Professional, scientific, and technical services
610	Insurance carriers and related activities
519	Information

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