The population of Muscatine county is estimated at 42,904. In 2017 there were 530 births and 366 deaths in Muscatine county. Muscatine county has 7,915 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,343 that are owned free and clear and 4,154 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Muscatine County filed 20,380 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.4% of all Iowa filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Muscatine had a combined total federal tax liability of $165,247,000 on earned income of $1,156,840,000. Other notable statistics from Muscatine County were 1,260 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,815,000 and 3,990 charitable contributions valued at $18,794,000. 4,770 filings from Muscatine County paid a combined total of $16,520,000 in property taxes and 3,730 filings paid $19,509,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Muscatine county had 65 religious congregations with an estimated 17,603 members.
21.1% of the Muscatine population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Muscatine County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 640 votes.
At $59,042 the median income is 100.6% of the Iowa average. An estimated 723 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Muscatine, the equivalant of around 3.3% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Muscatine County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
6,623	Manufacturing
2,081	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,070	Retail trade
2,064	Administrative and support services
1,944	Health care and social assistance
1,831	Employment services
1,831	Temporary help services
1,129	Accommodation and food services
985	Food services and drinking places
950	Restaurants and other eating places
678	Professional, scientific, and technical services
624	Transportation and warehousing
580	Limited-service restaurants
436	Food and beverage stores
428	Truck transportation

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