The population of Bureau county is estimated at 33,433. In 2017 there were 364 births and 377 deaths in Bureau county. Bureau county has 6,548 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,297 that are owned free and clear and 3,417 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Bureau County filed 16,590 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Illinois filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Bureau had a combined total federal tax liability of $125,420,000 on earned income of $878,192,000. Other notable statistics from Bureau County were 1,000 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,547,000 and 2,210 charitable contributions valued at $9,896,000. 2,690 filings from Bureau County paid a combined total of $10,809,000 in property taxes and 1,990 filings paid $9,491,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Bureau county had 74 religious congregations with an estimated 15,118 members.
18.9% of the Bureau population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of Bureau County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 296 votes.
At $55,632 the median income is 88.2% of the Illinois average. An estimated 829 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Bureau, the equivalant of around 4.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Bureau County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,114	Health care and social assistance
1,358	Manufacturing
1,166	Retail trade
896	Wholesale trade
818	Accommodation and food services
704	Restaurants and other eating places
590	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
418	Finance and insurance
409	Full-service restaurants
330	Professional, scientific, and technical services
305	Depository credit intermediation
295	Commercial banking
294	Machinery manufacturing
265	Gasoline stations
245	Limited-service restaurants

In 2018 14.74% of listings in Bureau County.

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