The population of Allegany county is estimated at 72,194. In 2017 there were 670 births and 860 deaths in Allegany county. Allegany county has 11,571 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 8,611 that are owned free and clear and 8,995 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Allegany County filed 28,770 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.0% of all Maryland filings and 0.019% of the entire nation. Allegany had a combined total federal tax liability of $193,512,000 on earned income of $1,375,600,000. Other notable statistics from Allegany County were 1,850 unemployment claims which collected a total of $7,915,000 and 5,530 charitable contributions valued at $19,477,000. 6,290 filings from Allegany County paid a combined total of $15,227,000 in property taxes and 5,150 filings paid $25,913,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Allegany county had 159 religious congregations with an estimated 35,306 members.
18.2% of the Allegany population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 39% of Allegany County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 13 votes.
At $42,564 the median income is 52.7% of the Maryland average. An estimated 1,874 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Allegany, the equivalant of around 5.8% 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 Allegany County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
6,283	Health care and social assistance
3,854	Retail trade
2,802	Food services and drinking places
2,547	Manufacturing
2,457	Restaurants and other eating places
1,367	Limited-service restaurants
1,364	Ambulatory health care services
833	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
824	Offices of physicians
821	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
780	Other services (except public administration)
724	Food and beverage stores
651	Transportation and warehousing
638	Grocery stores
486	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 7.70% in Allegany County.

In 2018 10.89% of listings in Allegany County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 21532 and 21502) dropped their price.

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