The population of Rooks county is estimated at 5,120. In 2017 there were 55 births and 70 deaths in Rooks county. Rooks county has 809 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 931 that are owned free and clear and 498 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Rooks County filed 2,410 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Kansas filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Rooks had a combined total federal tax liability of $13,719,000 on earned income of $95,299,000. Other notable statistics from Rooks County were 80 unemployment claims which collected a total of $310,000 and 270 charitable contributions valued at $1,613,000. 270 filings from Rooks County paid a combined total of $790,000 in property taxes and 150 filings paid $723,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Rooks county had 18 religious congregations with an estimated 3,563 members.
25.7% of the Rooks population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Rooks County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 247 votes.
At $44,086 the median income is 78.2% of the Kansas average. An estimated 96 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Rooks, 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 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Rooks County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
245	Health care and social assistance
200	Retail trade
159	Wholesale trade
130	Manufacturing
90	Transportation and warehousing
88	Accommodation and food services
87	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
74	Finance and insurance
72	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
69	Restaurants and other eating places
68	Credit intermediation and related activities
68	Depository credit intermediation
68	Commercial banking
61	Food and beverage stores
57	Gasoline stations

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