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  The population of Laurel county is estimated at 59,990. In 2017 there were 713 births and 665 deaths in Laurel county. Laurel county has 9,386 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,935 that are owned free and clear and 6,693 that are renter occupied.


  The gracious residents of Laurel County filed 23,450 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.2% of all Kentucky filings and 0.016% of the entire nation. Laurel had a combined total federal tax liability of $149,428,000 on earned income of $1,036,343,000. Other notable statistics from Laurel County were 1,000 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,064,000 and 3,230 charitable contributions valued at $18,721,000. 3,490 filings from Laurel County paid a combined total of $5,403,000 in property taxes and 3,050 filings paid $17,616,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Laurel county had 93 religious congregations with an estimated 25,653 members.

13.0% of the Laurel population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 21.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.


Approximately 41% of Laurel County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,403 votes.

At $39,830 the median income is 82.4% of the Kentucky average. An estimated 1,454 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Laurel, 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 Laurel County.
Total # EmployedIndustry Job Type
3,348Retail trade
3,237Manufacturing
2,528Health care and social assistance
2,215Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,181Accommodation and food services
1,910Food services and drinking places
1,910Restaurants and other eating places
1,780Information
1,400Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing
1,387Transportation and warehousing
1,212Ambulatory health care services
1,200Employment services
957Full-service restaurants
909General merchandise stores
875Limited-service restaurants


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