The population of Jo Daviess county is estimated at 21,861. In 2017 there were 178 births and 245 deaths in Jo Daviess county. Jo Daviess county has 4,471 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,269 that are owned free and clear and 2,013 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Jo Daviess County filed 12,530 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Illinois filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Jo Daviess had a combined total federal tax liability of $95,735,000 on earned income of $650,212,000. Other notable statistics from Jo Daviess County were 760 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,487,000 and 2,180 charitable contributions valued at $8,725,000. 2,590 filings from Jo Daviess County paid a combined total of $12,893,000 in property taxes and 2,000 filings paid $12,223,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Jo Daviess county had 46 religious congregations with an estimated 12,919 members.
23.5% of the Jo Daviess population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Jo Daviess County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 234 votes.
At $51,866 the median income is 82.3% of the Illinois average. An estimated 484 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Jo Daviess, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Jo Daviess County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,656	Accommodation and food services
1,018	Manufacturing
901	Accommodation
880	Retail trade
865	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
755	Food services and drinking places
685	Restaurants and other eating places
656	Health care and social assistance
498	Full-service restaurants
453	Transportation and warehousing
389	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
250	Professional, scientific, and technical services
247	Other services (except public administration)
212	Truck transportation
188	General freight trucking

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