The population of Whiteside county is estimated at 56,541. In 2017 there were 641 births and 616 deaths in Whiteside county. Whiteside county has 10,992 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,700 that are owned free and clear and 6,048 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Whiteside County filed 27,550 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Illinois filings and 0.018% of the entire nation. Whiteside had a combined total federal tax liability of $197,873,000 on earned income of $1,401,156,000. Other notable statistics from Whiteside County were 1,420 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,726,000 and 3,590 charitable contributions valued at $17,213,000. 4,460 filings from Whiteside County paid a combined total of $17,130,000 in property taxes and 3,370 filings paid $16,125,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Whiteside county had 109 religious congregations with an estimated 34,659 members.
18.1% of the Whiteside population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Whiteside County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 3,718 votes.
At $54,284 the median income is 86.1% of the Illinois average. An estimated 1,327 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Whiteside, the equivalant of around 4.7% 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 Whiteside County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,955	Manufacturing
3,068	Health care and social assistance
2,676	Retail trade
1,589	Accommodation and food services
1,538	Food services and drinking places
1,486	Transportation and warehousing
1,382	Restaurants and other eating places
958	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
803	General merchandise stores
667	Limited-service restaurants
608	Other services (except public administration)
597	Wholesale trade
532	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
505	Individual and family services
463	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

In 2018 10.85% of listings in Whiteside County.

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