The population of Barnstable county is estimated at 213,440. In 2017 there were 1,519 births and 2,832 deaths in Barnstable county. Barnstable county has 49,306 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 24,804 that are owned free and clear and 21,645 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Barnstable County filed 126,520 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 3.7% of all Massachusetts filings and 0.085% of the entire nation. Barnstable had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,486,622,000 on earned income of $9,440,167,000. Other notable statistics from Barnstable County were 7,390 unemployment claims which collected a total of $45,623,000 and 43,210 charitable contributions valued at $153,961,000. 47,900 filings from Barnstable County paid a combined total of $240,152,000 in property taxes and 37,850 filings paid $333,052,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Barnstable county had 167 religious congregations with an estimated 115,360 members.
41.7% of the Barnstable population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 4.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 62% of Barnstable County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 455 votes.
At $70,576 the median income is 91.2% of the Massachusetts average. An estimated 5,235 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Barnstable, the equivalant of around 4.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Barnstable County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
15,781	Health care and social assistance
14,395	Retail trade
13,117	Accommodation and food services
10,644	Food services and drinking places
9,914	Restaurants and other eating places
6,670	Full-service restaurants
6,381	Ambulatory health care services
4,806	Professional, scientific, and technical services
4,607	Food and beverage stores
4,107	Nursing and residential care facilities
3,742	Grocery stores
3,469	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
3,176	Other services (except public administration)
2,922	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,612	Administrative and support services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.40% in Barnstable County (averaging across 17 zip codes a sample of which are; 2673, 2532, 2655, 2563 and 2645).

In 2018 11.85% of listings in Barnstable County (averaging across 28 zip codes a sample of which are; 2639, 2540, 2601, 2649 and 2667) dropped their price.

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