The population of Dubuque county is estimated at 96,704. In 2017 there were 1,219 births and 865 deaths in Dubuque county. Dubuque county has 17,475 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 9,494 that are owned free and clear and 9,846 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Dubuque County filed 46,910 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 3.2% of all Iowa filings and 0.031% of the entire nation. Dubuque had a combined total federal tax liability of $463,364,000 on earned income of $2,914,144,000. Other notable statistics from Dubuque County were 3,620 unemployment claims which collected a total of $12,887,000 and 11,410 charitable contributions valued at $54,046,000. 12,410 filings from Dubuque County paid a combined total of $44,000,000 in property taxes and 10,020 filings paid $56,230,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Dubuque county had 91 religious congregations with an estimated 64,036 members.
30.0% of the Dubuque population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Dubuque County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 1,479 votes.
At $60,936 the median income is 103.8% of the Iowa average. An estimated 1,638 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Dubuque, the equivalant of around 3.0% 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 Dubuque County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
8,498	Manufacturing
7,806	Health care and social assistance
7,157	Retail trade
4,456	Accommodation and food services
3,795	Food services and drinking places
3,479	Restaurants and other eating places
3,179	Finance and insurance
2,956	Professional, scientific, and technical services
2,788	Machinery manufacturing
2,668	Ambulatory health care services
2,467	Transportation and warehousing
2,355	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,353	Wholesale trade
2,268	Administrative and support services
2,007	Arts, entertainment, and recreation

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.49% in Dubuque County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 52001 and 52002).

In 2018 14.60% of listings in Dubuque County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 52001, 52002 and 52003) dropped their price.

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