The population of Coles county is estimated at 52,412. In 2017 there were 515 births and 484 deaths in Coles county. Coles county has 7,700 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,164 that are owned free and clear and 8,599 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Coles County filed 20,880 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Illinois filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Coles had a combined total federal tax liability of $164,338,000 on earned income of $1,091,931,000. Other notable statistics from Coles County were 910 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,804,000 and 2,580 charitable contributions valued at $15,881,000. 3,010 filings from Coles County paid a combined total of $12,863,000 in property taxes and 2,200 filings paid $10,774,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Coles county had 80 religious congregations with an estimated 22,690 members.
26.0% of the Coles population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Coles County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 242 votes.
At $46,012 the median income is 73.0% of the Illinois average. An estimated 1,121 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Coles, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Coles County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,981	Health care and social assistance
2,645	Retail trade
2,615	Manufacturing
2,232	Accommodation and food services
2,114	Food services and drinking places
1,917	Restaurants and other eating places
1,162	Printing
1,092	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,038	Ambulatory health care services
961	Limited-service restaurants
913	Full-service restaurants
655	Employment services
581	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
553	Wholesale trade
465	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.21% in Coles County.

In 2018 11.16% of listings in Coles County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 61920 and 61938) dropped their price.

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