The population of Decatur county is estimated at 2,837. In 2017 there were 29 births and 37 deaths in Decatur county. Decatur county has 427 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 640 that are owned free and clear and 311 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Decatur County filed 1,400 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Kansas filings and 0.001% of the entire nation. Decatur had a combined total federal tax liability of $6,478,000 on earned income of $50,482,000. Other notable statistics from Decatur County were 30 unemployment claims which collected a total of $102,000 and 150 charitable contributions valued at $536,000. 130 filings from Decatur County paid a combined total of $281,000 in property taxes and 60 filings paid $215,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Decatur county had 21 religious congregations with an estimated 2,651 members.
21.9% of the Decatur population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Decatur County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 73 votes.
At $42,077 the median income is 74.6% of the Kansas average. An estimated 39 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Decatur, the equivalant of around 3.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Decatur County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
251	Health care and social assistance
89	Retail trade
79	Wholesale trade
32	Finance and insurance
26	Professional, scientific, and technical services
24	Depository credit intermediation
24	Credit intermediation and related activities
24	Restaurants and other eating places
24	Food services and drinking places
19	Ambulatory health care services
19	Other services (except public administration)
11	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
10	Real estate and rental and leasing
10	Real estate
8	Insurance carriers and related activities

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