The population of Effingham county is estimated at 34,182. In 2017 there were 467 births and 339 deaths in Effingham county. Effingham county has 5,950 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,439 that are owned free and clear and 3,126 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Effingham County filed 17,430 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Illinois filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Effingham had a combined total federal tax liability of $163,208,000 on earned income of $1,046,595,000. Other notable statistics from Effingham County were 860 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,562,000 and 2,580 charitable contributions valued at $16,548,000. 3,110 filings from Effingham County paid a combined total of $12,740,000 in property taxes and 2,290 filings paid $12,865,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Effingham county had 65 religious congregations with an estimated 23,738 members.
22.6% of the Effingham population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Effingham County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 833 votes.
At $60,061 the median income is 95.3% of the Illinois average. An estimated 704 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Effingham, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Effingham County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,977	Retail trade
2,913	Manufacturing
2,778	Health care and social assistance
2,111	Accommodation and food services
1,721	Food services and drinking places
1,571	Restaurants and other eating places
1,105	Printing and related support activities
1,042	Transportation and warehousing
1,022	Commercial printing (except screen and books)
989	Other services (except public administration)
986	Ambulatory health care services
776	Repair and maintenance
681	Limited-service restaurants
619	General merchandise stores
606	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.52% in Effingham County.

In 2018 12.21% of listings in Effingham County.

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