The population of Poweshiek county is estimated at 18,292. In 2017 there were 167 births and 205 deaths in Poweshiek county. Poweshiek county has 3,266 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,188 that are owned free and clear and 2,101 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Poweshiek County filed 8,230 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Iowa filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Poweshiek had a combined total federal tax liability of $66,467,000 on earned income of $478,592,000. Other notable statistics from Poweshiek County were 480 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,040,000 and 1,960 charitable contributions valued at $10,730,000. 2,090 filings from Poweshiek County paid a combined total of $6,545,000 in property taxes and 1,470 filings paid $8,207,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Poweshiek county had 41 religious congregations with an estimated 9,210 members.
22.7% of the Poweshiek population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 53% of Poweshiek County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 165 votes.
At $55,766 the median income is 95.0% of the Iowa average. An estimated 330 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Poweshiek, the equivalant of around 3.2% 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 Poweshiek County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,576	Manufacturing
1,107	Retail trade
1,098	Health care and social assistance
893	Finance and insurance
583	Accommodation and food services
485	Restaurants and other eating places
446	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
395	Transportation equipment manufacturing
326	Full-service restaurants
226	Ambulatory health care services
213	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
194	Gasoline stations
182	Wholesale trade
149	Limited-service restaurants
126	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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