The population of Atchison county is estimated at 16,373. In 2017 there were 207 births and 169 deaths in Atchison county. Atchison county has 2,504 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,871 that are owned free and clear and 1,866 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Atchison County filed 6,860 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Kansas filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Atchison had a combined total federal tax liability of $44,223,000 on earned income of $341,025,000. Other notable statistics from Atchison County were 350 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,195,000 and 880 charitable contributions valued at $5,127,000. 1,020 filings from Atchison County paid a combined total of $3,041,000 in property taxes and 740 filings paid $4,033,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Atchison county had 34 religious congregations with an estimated 9,130 members.
20.7% of the Atchison population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Atchison County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 106 votes.
At $45,941 the median income is 81.5% of the Kansas average. An estimated 365 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Atchison, the equivalant of around 5.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Atchison County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,333	Manufacturing
799	Health care and social assistance
640	Retail trade
522	Food services and drinking places
382	Wholesale trade
204	Limited-service restaurants
167	Ambulatory health care services
136	Nursing and residential care facilities
123	Finance and insurance
114	Transportation and warehousing
88	Credit intermediation and related activities
60	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
60	Gasoline stations
49	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
42	Offices of dentists

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.52% in Atchison County.

In 2018 9.59% of listings in Atchison County.

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