The population of Marion county is estimated at 33,149. In 2017 there were 371 births and 318 deaths in Marion county. Marion county has 6,314 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,260 that are owned free and clear and 3,149 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Marion County filed 14,880 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.0% of all Iowa filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Marion had a combined total federal tax liability of $135,348,000 on earned income of $952,365,000. Other notable statistics from Marion County were 870 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,717,000 and 4,030 charitable contributions valued at $27,078,000. 4,410 filings from Marion County paid a combined total of $14,738,000 in property taxes and 3,380 filings paid $18,563,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Marion county had 71 religious congregations with an estimated 20,064 members.
26.1% of the Marion population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 53% of Marion County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 18 votes.
At $61,175 the median income is 104.2% of the Iowa average. An estimated 460 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Marion, the equivalant of around 2.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Marion County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
6,128	Manufacturing
2,666	Machinery manufacturing
1,991	Health care and social assistance
1,517	Retail trade
935	Accommodation and food services
853	Food services and drinking places
824	Restaurants and other eating places
550	Ambulatory health care services
459	Wholesale trade
369	Limited-service restaurants
369	Food and beverage stores
360	Professional, scientific, and technical services
325	Grocery stores
310	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
308	Finance and insurance

In 2018 9.46% of listings in Marion County.

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