The population of Newton county is estimated at 14,049. In 2017 there were 167 births and 135 deaths in Newton county. Newton county has 3,060 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,402 that are owned free and clear and 1,041 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Newton County filed 6,610 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Indiana filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Newton had a combined total federal tax liability of $44,008,000 on earned income of $330,672,000. Other notable statistics from Newton County were 270 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,272,000 and 800 charitable contributions valued at $2,721,000. 1,060 filings from Newton County paid a combined total of $1,818,000 in property taxes and 940 filings paid $5,579,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Newton county had 24 religious congregations with an estimated 5,153 members.
11.0% of the Newton population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Newton County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 139 votes.
At $58,384 the median income is 107.9% of the Indiana average. An estimated 338 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Newton, the equivalant of around 4.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Newton County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
663	Manufacturing
336	Retail trade
296	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
296	Plastics product manufacturing
253	Health care and social assistance
209	Accommodation and food services
192	Food services and drinking places
178	Wholesale trade
174	Restaurants and other eating places
171	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
122	Limited-service restaurants
108	Finance and insurance
86	Food and beverage stores
85	Credit intermediation and related activities
85	Depository credit intermediation

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