The population of Pottawattamie county is estimated at 93,508. In 2017 there were 1,145 births and 944 deaths in Pottawattamie county. Pottawattamie county has 17,690 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,439 that are owned free and clear and 11,646 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Pottawattamie County filed 42,630 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.9% of all Iowa filings and 0.029% of the entire nation. Pottawattamie had a combined total federal tax liability of $326,770,000 on earned income of $2,370,406,000. Other notable statistics from Pottawattamie County were 1,650 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,268,000 and 10,020 charitable contributions valued at $35,121,000. 11,420 filings from Pottawattamie County paid a combined total of $42,907,000 in property taxes and 9,580 filings paid $54,748,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Pottawattamie county had 118 religious congregations with an estimated 36,210 members.
21.2% of the Pottawattamie population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Pottawattamie County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 547 votes.
At $57,867 the median income is 98.6% of the Iowa average. An estimated 1,340 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Pottawattamie, 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 3.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Pottawattamie County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,957	Retail trade
5,323	Health care and social assistance
5,282	Accommodation and food services
4,787	Manufacturing
3,141	Food services and drinking places
2,965	Food manufacturing
2,951	Restaurants and other eating places
2,141	Accommodation
2,141	Traveler accommodation
1,513	Transportation and warehousing
1,402	Limited-service restaurants
1,376	Full-service restaurants
1,331	Wholesale trade
1,040	Truck transportation
1,030	Grocery stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.72% in Pottawattamie County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 51503 and 51501).

In 2018 12.83% of listings in Pottawattamie County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 51501 and 51503) dropped their price.

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