The population of Washington county is estimated at 149,810. In 2017 there were 1,675 births and 1,498 deaths in Washington county. Washington county has 25,463 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 10,985 that are owned free and clear and 19,239 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Washington County filed 69,090 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.3% of all Maryland filings and 0.046% of the entire nation. Washington had a combined total federal tax liability of $566,420,000 on earned income of $3,869,324,000. Other notable statistics from Washington County were 3,470 unemployment claims which collected a total of $14,358,000 and 17,700 charitable contributions valued at $78,062,000. 20,360 filings from Washington County paid a combined total of $56,492,000 in property taxes and 18,040 filings paid $136,863,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Washington county had 219 religious congregations with an estimated 55,632 members.
21.5% of the Washington population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 13.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Washington County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 2,078 votes.
At $59,828 the median income is 74.1% of the Maryland average. An estimated 3,512 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Washington, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Washington County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
10,210	Health care and social assistance
9,244	Retail trade
6,582	Finance and insurance
5,808	Credit intermediation and related activities
5,612	Manufacturing
5,083	Accommodation and food services
4,761	Transportation and warehousing
4,503	Food services and drinking places
4,124	Restaurants and other eating places
2,944	Ambulatory health care services
2,557	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,096	Full-service restaurants
1,917	Wholesale trade
1,780	Information
1,759	Limited-service restaurants

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.36% in Washington County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 21713, 21742 and 21740).

In 2018 17.96% of listings in Washington County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 21742, 21740, 21783 and 21713) dropped their price.

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