The population of Mitchell county is estimated at 6,186. In 2017 there were 75 births and 98 deaths in Mitchell county. Mitchell county has 946 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,045 that are owned free and clear and 799 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Mitchell County filed 2,950 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Kansas filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Mitchell had a combined total federal tax liability of $18,496,000 on earned income of $139,872,000. Other notable statistics from Mitchell County were 110 unemployment claims which collected a total of $438,000 and 490 charitable contributions valued at $2,824,000. 480 filings from Mitchell County paid a combined total of $1,704,000 in property taxes and 260 filings paid $1,426,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Mitchell county had 22 religious congregations with an estimated 5,048 members.
24.1% of the Mitchell population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 4.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Mitchell County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 99 votes.
At $43,743 the median income is 77.6% of the Kansas average. An estimated 94 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Mitchell, the equivalant of around 2.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Mitchell County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
607	Health care and social assistance
574	Manufacturing
540	Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing
540	Machinery manufacturing
426	Retail trade
191	Wholesale trade
154	Food services and drinking places
154	Restaurants and other eating places
123	Finance and insurance
116	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
114	Transportation and warehousing
103	Limited-service restaurants
101	Motor vehicle and parts dealers
99	Credit intermediation and related activities
99	Depository credit intermediation

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