The population of Perry county is estimated at 19,010. In 2017 there were 229 births and 172 deaths in Perry county. Perry county has 3,623 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,090 that are owned free and clear and 1,763 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Perry County filed 8,490 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Indiana filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Perry had a combined total federal tax liability of $58,701,000 on earned income of $402,854,000. Other notable statistics from Perry County were 220 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,045,000 and 710 charitable contributions valued at $2,296,000. 1,050 filings from Perry County paid a combined total of $1,656,000 in property taxes and 900 filings paid $4,762,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Perry county had 33 religious congregations with an estimated 9,128 members.
14.3% of the Perry population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 42% of Perry County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 159 votes.
At $50,670 the median income is 93.6% of the Indiana average. An estimated 352 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Perry, 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 4.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Perry County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,883	Manufacturing
846	Health care and social assistance
718	Retail trade
551	Transportation equipment manufacturing
500	Accommodation and food services
420	Restaurants and other eating places
283	Limited-service restaurants
138	Ambulatory health care services
109	Finance and insurance
106	Food and beverage stores
106	Furniture and related product manufacturing
94	Grocery stores
94	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
83	Other services (except public administration)
78	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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