The population of Seward county is estimated at 22,756. In 2017 there were 407 births and 116 deaths in Seward county. Seward county has 2,886 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,921 that are owned free and clear and 2,653 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Seward County filed 9,860 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Kansas filings and 0.007% of the entire nation. Seward had a combined total federal tax liability of $59,369,000 on earned income of $422,662,000. Other notable statistics from Seward County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,142,000 and 1,210 charitable contributions valued at $6,406,000. 1,230 filings from Seward County paid a combined total of $4,121,000 in property taxes and 990 filings paid $4,956,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Seward county had 40 religious congregations with an estimated 10,541 members.
12.1% of the Seward population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 32.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 21% of Seward County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 212 votes.
At $46,541 the median income is 82.5% of the Kansas average. An estimated 347 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Seward, the equivalant of around 3.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Seward County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,262	Retail trade
1,079	Health care and social assistance
816	Transportation and warehousing
789	Accommodation and food services
733	Truck transportation
647	Food services and drinking places
407	Wholesale trade
316	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
297	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
286	Limited-service restaurants
254	Full-service restaurants
235	Food and beverage stores
218	Finance and insurance
216	Ambulatory health care services
204	Nursing and residential care facilities

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