The population of Berkshire county is estimated at 126,858. In 2017 there were 1,012 births and 1,387 deaths in Berkshire county. Berkshire county has 25,030 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 12,740 that are owned free and clear and 18,321 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Berkshire County filed 64,680 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.9% of all Massachusetts filings and 0.043% of the entire nation. Berkshire had a combined total federal tax liability of $614,582,000 on earned income of $3,939,406,000. Other notable statistics from Berkshire County were 3,510 unemployment claims which collected a total of $19,933,000 and 15,540 charitable contributions valued at $65,587,000. 17,750 filings from Berkshire County paid a combined total of $87,963,000 in property taxes and 14,450 filings paid $92,869,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Berkshire county had 147 religious congregations with an estimated 67,004 members.
33.2% of the Berkshire population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Berkshire County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 429 votes.
At $56,063 the median income is 72.4% of the Massachusetts average. An estimated 2,826 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Berkshire, the equivalant of around 4.3% 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 Berkshire County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
11,415	Health care and social assistance
8,482	Retail trade
7,006	Accommodation and food services
5,275	Manufacturing
4,943	Food services and drinking places
4,447	Restaurants and other eating places
2,749	Full-service restaurants
2,688	Professional, scientific, and technical services
2,604	Food and beverage stores
2,246	Grocery stores
2,169	Ambulatory health care services
2,145	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
2,063	Accommodation
1,992	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1,938	Traveler accommodation

In 2018 the average price reduction was 5.68% in Berkshire County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 1247, 1230 and 1201).

In 2018 8.48% of listings in Berkshire County (averaging across 8 zip codes a sample of which are; 1238, 1267, 1223, 1247 and 1230) dropped their price.

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