The population of Mills county is estimated at 15,044. In 2017 there were 150 births and 122 deaths in Mills county. Mills county has 3,162 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,305 that are owned free and clear and 1,138 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Mills County filed 6,700 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Iowa filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Mills had a combined total federal tax liability of $59,496,000 on earned income of $438,890,000. Other notable statistics from Mills County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,023,000 and 1,860 charitable contributions valued at $6,787,000. 2,180 filings from Mills County paid a combined total of $7,281,000 in property taxes and 1,850 filings paid $12,193,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Mills county had 27 religious congregations with an estimated 5,876 members.
22.8% of the Mills population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Mills County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 439 votes.
At $67,016 the median income is 114.2% of the Iowa average. An estimated 203 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Mills, the equivalant of around 2.8% 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 Mills County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
740	Health care and social assistance
592	Nursing and residential care facilities
315	Retail trade
222	Wholesale trade
145	Accommodation and food services
106	Finance and insurance
105	Transportation and warehousing
94	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
86	Gasoline stations
84	Food and beverage stores
84	Grocery stores
84	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
80	Full-service restaurants
66	State commercial banks (banking)
62	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 9.09% of listings in Mills County.

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