The population of Nelson county is estimated at 45,512. In 2017 there were 552 births and 398 deaths in Nelson county. Nelson county has 8,836 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,970 that are owned free and clear and 4,020 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Nelson County filed 21,860 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Kentucky filings and 0.015% of the entire nation. Nelson had a combined total federal tax liability of $165,112,000 on earned income of $1,214,570,000. Other notable statistics from Nelson County were 1,090 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,828,000 and 4,730 charitable contributions valued at $17,693,000. 5,240 filings from Nelson County paid a combined total of $11,161,000 in property taxes and 4,580 filings paid $25,948,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Nelson county had 67 religious congregations with an estimated 23,613 members.
17.5% of the Nelson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Nelson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,229 votes.
At $58,960 the median income is 122.0% of the Kentucky average. An estimated 987 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Nelson, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Nelson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,434	Manufacturing
1,826	Retail trade
1,577	Health care and social assistance
1,198	Accommodation and food services
1,144	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,144	Administrative and support services
1,097	Food services and drinking places
1,089	Restaurants and other eating places
1,075	Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,075	Motor vehicle parts manufacturing
682	Beverage manufacturing
682	Distilleries
682	Beverage and tobacco product manufacturing
680	Information
565	Limited-service restaurants

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.43% in Nelson County.

In 2018 12.82% of listings in Nelson County.

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