The population of Benton county is estimated at 8,655. In 2017 there were 106 births and 80 deaths in Benton county. Benton county has 1,691 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 904 that are owned free and clear and 884 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Benton County filed 4,150 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Indiana filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Benton had a combined total federal tax liability of $24,246,000 on earned income of $185,242,000. Other notable statistics from Benton County were 100 unemployment claims which collected a total of $433,000 and 490 charitable contributions valued at $2,187,000. 530 filings from Benton County paid a combined total of $578,000 in property taxes and 390 filings paid $2,023,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Benton county had 25 religious congregations with an estimated 6,971 members.
16.8% of the Benton population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 42% of Benton County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 77 votes.
At $52,841 the median income is 97.6% of the Indiana average. An estimated 153 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Benton, the equivalant of around 3.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Benton County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
341	Manufacturing
201	Wholesale trade
199	Retail trade
125	Truck transportation
67	Health care and social assistance
64	Specialized freight trucking
61	General freight trucking
61	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
51	Food and beverage stores
51	Accommodation and food services
51	Food services and drinking places
39	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
31	Professional, scientific, and technical services
29	Other services (except public administration)
24	Grain and field bean merchant wholesalers

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