The population of Breckinridge county is estimated at 19,954. In 2017 there were 236 births and 200 deaths in Breckinridge county. Breckinridge county has 3,484 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,722 that are owned free and clear and 1,621 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Breckinridge County filed 7,970 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Kentucky filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Breckinridge had a combined total federal tax liability of $48,443,000 on earned income of $361,539,000. Other notable statistics from Breckinridge County were 490 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,715,000 and 1,180 charitable contributions valued at $5,506,000. 1,340 filings from Breckinridge County paid a combined total of $1,978,000 in property taxes and 1,120 filings paid $6,106,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Breckinridge county had 62 religious congregations with an estimated 10,538 members.
9.9% of the Breckinridge population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 19.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Breckinridge County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 798 votes.
At $43,148 the median income is 89.3% of the Kentucky average. An estimated 481 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Breckinridge, the equivalant of around 5.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Breckinridge County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
589	Health care and social assistance
543	Retail trade
248	Manufacturing
197	Machine shops; turned product; and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing
197	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
195	Accommodation and food services
195	Food services and drinking places
195	Restaurants and other eating places
129	Finance and insurance
115	General merchandise stores
114	Food and beverage stores
113	Limited-service restaurants
105	Depository credit intermediation
105	Commercial banking
97	Ambulatory health care services

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