The population of Jones county is estimated at 20,384. In 2017 there were 213 births and 195 deaths in Jones county. Jones county has 3,739 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,515 that are owned free and clear and 1,927 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jones County filed 9,090 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Iowa filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Jones had a combined total federal tax liability of $67,797,000 on earned income of $499,425,000. Other notable statistics from Jones County were 650 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,846,000 and 1,820 charitable contributions valued at $6,390,000. 2,120 filings from Jones County paid a combined total of $6,041,000 in property taxes and 1,640 filings paid $8,887,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jones county had 36 religious congregations with an estimated 9,900 members.
17.2% of the Jones population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of Jones County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 360 votes.
At $58,689 the median income is 100.0% of the Iowa average. An estimated 386 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jones, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Jones County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,062	Retail trade
842	Health care and social assistance
811	Manufacturing
339	Food services and drinking places
328	Restaurants and other eating places
301	Wholesale trade
229	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
227	Full-service restaurants
207	Ambulatory health care services
198	Finance and insurance
171	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
170	Gasoline stations
137	Commercial banking
137	State commercial banks (banking)
120	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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