The population of Fountain county is estimated at 16,477. In 2017 there were 205 births and 187 deaths in Fountain county. Fountain county has 3,159 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,148 that are owned free and clear and 1,628 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fountain County filed 7,780 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Indiana filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Fountain had a combined total federal tax liability of $47,448,000 on earned income of $357,299,000. Other notable statistics from Fountain County were 260 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,112,000 and 730 charitable contributions valued at $3,935,000. 860 filings from Fountain County paid a combined total of $1,164,000 in property taxes and 720 filings paid $3,711,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fountain county had 38 religious congregations with an estimated 5,458 members.
14.4% of the Fountain population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Fountain County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 371 votes.
At $50,817 the median income is 93.9% of the Indiana average. An estimated 317 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fountain, 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 5.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Fountain County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,368	Manufacturing
572	Retail trade
511	Health care and social assistance
370	Accommodation and food services
203	Food and beverage stores
165	Finance and insurance
148	Limited-service restaurants
143	Credit intermediation and related activities
143	Depository credit intermediation
108	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
82	Other services (except public administration)
79	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
79	Gasoline stations
77	Wholesale trade
75	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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