The population of Sherman county is estimated at 5,945. In 2017 there were 80 births and 84 deaths in Sherman county. Sherman county has 977 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 789 that are owned free and clear and 842 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Sherman County filed 2,650 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Kansas filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Sherman had a combined total federal tax liability of $14,852,000 on earned income of $121,995,000. Other notable statistics from Sherman County were 50 unemployment claims which collected a total of $178,000 and 310 charitable contributions valued at $2,045,000. 330 filings from Sherman County paid a combined total of $805,000 in property taxes and 190 filings paid $872,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Sherman county had 18 religious congregations with an estimated 3,155 members.
18.2% of the Sherman population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 5.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Sherman County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 69 votes.
At $45,991 the median income is 81.6% of the Kansas average. An estimated 85 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Sherman, the equivalant of around 2.9% 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 Sherman County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
409	Retail trade
353	Health care and social assistance
225	Wholesale trade
214	Restaurants and other eating places
164	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
120	Limited-service restaurants
105	Farm product raw material merchant wholesalers
105	Grain and field bean merchant wholesalers
100	Finance and insurance
94	Full-service restaurants
84	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
84	Accommodation
84	Traveler accommodation
79	Transportation and warehousing
79	Professional, scientific, and technical services

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