The population of Dorchester county is estimated at 32,267. In 2017 there were 367 births and 391 deaths in Dorchester county. Dorchester county has 5,855 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,408 that are owned free and clear and 4,259 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Dorchester County filed 15,130 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Maryland filings and 0.010% of the entire nation. Dorchester had a combined total federal tax liability of $101,382,000 on earned income of $717,926,000. Other notable statistics from Dorchester County were 710 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,782,000 and 3,320 charitable contributions valued at $11,540,000. 3,590 filings from Dorchester County paid a combined total of $11,725,000 in property taxes and 3,110 filings paid $22,165,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Dorchester county had 86 religious congregations with an estimated 11,896 members.
20.1% of the Dorchester population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Dorchester County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 215 votes.
At $47,011 the median income is 58.2% of the Maryland average. An estimated 899 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Dorchester, the equivalant of around 5.7% 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 Dorchester County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,546	Manufacturing
1,826	Health care and social assistance
1,785	Food manufacturing
1,339	Animal slaughtering and processing
1,133	Retail trade
730	Food services and drinking places
590	Nursing and residential care facilities
455	Transportation and warehousing
364	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
360	Other services (except public administration)
334	Limited-service restaurants
324	Full-service restaurants
280	Ambulatory health care services
276	Wholesale trade
252	Truck transportation

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.65% in Dorchester County.

In 2018 6.55% of listings in Dorchester County.

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