The population of Putnam county is estimated at 37,265. In 2017 there were 364 births and 340 deaths in Putnam county. Putnam county has 6,974 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,881 that are owned free and clear and 3,062 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Putnam County filed 16,070 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Indiana filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Putnam had a combined total federal tax liability of $107,631,000 on earned income of $811,130,000. Other notable statistics from Putnam County were 270 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,049,000 and 2,370 charitable contributions valued at $10,233,000. 2,900 filings from Putnam County paid a combined total of $4,079,000 in property taxes and 2,550 filings paid $15,414,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Putnam county had 67 religious congregations with an estimated 12,731 members.
15.4% of the Putnam population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Putnam County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 867 votes.
At $57,402 the median income is 106.0% of the Indiana average. An estimated 602 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Putnam, the equivalant of around 3.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Putnam County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,001	Manufacturing
1,649	Health care and social assistance
1,216	Accommodation and food services
1,211	Retail trade
994	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
994	Plastics product manufacturing
980	Transportation and warehousing
962	Food services and drinking places
809	Restaurants and other eating places
360	Social assistance
278	Other services (except public administration)
270	Full-service restaurants
263	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
254	Accommodation
252	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.78% in Putnam County.

In 2018 17.07% of listings in Putnam County.

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