The population of Howard county is estimated at 82,339. In 2017 there were 964 births and 936 deaths in Howard county. Howard county has 16,899 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,278 that are owned free and clear and 10,124 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Howard County filed 40,280 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.3% of all Indiana filings and 0.027% of the entire nation. Howard had a combined total federal tax liability of $295,973,000 on earned income of $2,013,467,000. Other notable statistics from Howard County were 1,200 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,037,000 and 6,740 charitable contributions valued at $41,127,000. 7,310 filings from Howard County paid a combined total of $11,106,000 in property taxes and 6,100 filings paid $31,264,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Howard county had 138 religious congregations with an estimated 41,969 members.
20.4% of the Howard population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Howard County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 560 votes.
At $51,035 the median income is 94.3% of the Indiana average. An estimated 1,449 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Howard, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Howard County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,671	Manufacturing
5,417	Health care and social assistance
4,927	Retail trade
3,866	Accommodation and food services
3,464	Restaurants and other eating places
1,942	Ambulatory health care services
1,897	Full-service restaurants
1,426	General merchandise stores
1,283	Limited-service restaurants
1,076	Nursing and residential care facilities
922	Other services (except public administration)
916	Other general merchandise stores
873	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
813	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
696	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.68% in Howard County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 46901 and 46902).

In 2018 13.52% of listings in Howard County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 46901 and 46902) dropped their price.

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