The population of La Salle county is estimated at 110,507. In 2017 there were 1,255 births and 1,216 deaths in La Salle county. La Salle county has 21,246 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 12,527 that are owned free and clear and 11,574 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of La Salle County filed 53,970 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.9% of all Illinois filings and 0.036% of the entire nation. La Salle had a combined total federal tax liability of $445,504,000 on earned income of $2,970,039,000. Other notable statistics from La Salle County were 3,720 unemployment claims which collected a total of $19,996,000 and 8,810 charitable contributions valued at $28,605,000. 11,020 filings from La Salle County paid a combined total of $49,182,000 in property taxes and 8,890 filings paid $49,722,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 La Salle county had 154 religious congregations with an estimated 53,555 members.
17.8% of the La Salle population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of La Salle County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,301 votes.
At $56,854 the median income is 90.2% of the Illinois average. An estimated 3,073 people claimed to be unemployed last year in La Salle, the equivalant of around 5.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.7%.

Top 15 Industries in La Salle County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
6,168	Retail trade
5,993	Health care and social assistance
4,665	Manufacturing
4,213	Accommodation and food services
3,370	Food services and drinking places
3,097	Restaurants and other eating places
2,960	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,618	Transportation and warehousing
1,719	Wholesale trade
1,677	Full-service restaurants
1,425	Ambulatory health care services
1,371	Finance and insurance
1,302	Limited-service restaurants
1,205	Other services (except public administration)
1,098	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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