The population of Fayette county is estimated at 23,257. In 2017 there were 239 births and 284 deaths in Fayette county. Fayette county has 4,548 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,272 that are owned free and clear and 2,899 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fayette County filed 10,200 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Indiana filings and 0.007% of the entire nation. Fayette had a combined total federal tax liability of $58,861,000 on earned income of $434,882,000. Other notable statistics from Fayette County were 190 unemployment claims which collected a total of $717,000 and 900 charitable contributions valued at $4,911,000. 1,140 filings from Fayette County paid a combined total of $1,570,000 in property taxes and 940 filings paid $4,473,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fayette county had 51 religious congregations with an estimated 10,393 members.
11.1% of the Fayette population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 18.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Fayette County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 714 votes.
At $44,970 the median income is 83.1% of the Indiana average. An estimated 454 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fayette, the equivalant of around 5.0% 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 Fayette County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,773	Health care and social assistance
1,195	Manufacturing
1,070	Retail trade
573	Food services and drinking places
555	Nursing and residential care facilities
473	Restaurants and other eating places
428	Transportation equipment manufacturing
408	Machinery manufacturing
392	Limited-service restaurants
281	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
274	Residential intellectual and developmental disability, mental health, and substance abuse facilities
274	Residential intellectual and developmental disability facilities
214	Professional, scientific, and technical services
189	Food and beverage stores
171	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 11.34% of listings in Fayette County.

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