The population of Blackford county is estimated at 12,075. In 2017 there were 117 births and 164 deaths in Blackford county. Blackford county has 2,414 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,515 that are owned free and clear and 1,307 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Blackford County filed 5,780 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Indiana filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Blackford had a combined total federal tax liability of $31,838,000 on earned income of $237,813,000. Other notable statistics from Blackford County were 130 unemployment claims which collected a total of $532,000 and 460 charitable contributions valued at $2,318,000. 590 filings from Blackford County paid a combined total of $866,000 in property taxes and 440 filings paid $1,942,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Blackford county had 25 religious congregations with an estimated 3,875 members.
11.1% of the Blackford population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Blackford County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 82 votes.
At $42,636 the median income is 78.8% of the Indiana average. An estimated 216 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Blackford, the equivalant of around 4.0% 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 Blackford County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,056	Manufacturing
421	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
406	Retail trade
385	Health care and social assistance
374	Paper manufacturing
221	Accommodation and food services
221	Food services and drinking places
137	Transportation and warehousing
127	Truck transportation
120	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
101	Grocery stores
101	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
97	Professional, scientific, and technical services
87	Wood product manufacturing
84	Finance and insurance

In 2018 13.33% of listings in Blackford County.

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