The population of Dewitt county is estimated at 16,159. In 2017 there were 194 births and 211 deaths in Dewitt county. Dewitt county has 3,333 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,906 that are owned free and clear and 1,572 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Dewitt County filed 7,540 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Illinois filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Dewitt had a combined total federal tax liability of $59,558,000 on earned income of $432,043,000. Other notable statistics from Dewitt County were 390 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,023,000 and 1,070 charitable contributions valued at $5,193,000. 1,360 filings from Dewitt County paid a combined total of $4,848,000 in property taxes and 1,070 filings paid $5,540,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Dewitt county had 32 religious congregations with an estimated 6,497 members.
20.3% of the Dewitt population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of De Witt County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 131 votes.
At $56,091 the median income is 89.0% of the Illinois average. An estimated 354 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Dewitt, 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 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Dewitt County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
677	Retail trade
581	Health care and social assistance
513	Manufacturing
489	Accommodation and food services
456	Food services and drinking places
425	Restaurants and other eating places
352	Wholesale trade
227	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
194	New car dealers
194	Automobile dealers
178	Full-service restaurants
169	Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
169	Farm and garden machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
169	Farm machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers- farm dealers
130	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores

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