The population of Worcester county is estimated at 51,514. In 2017 there were 422 births and 660 deaths in Worcester county. Worcester county has 10,834 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,903 that are owned free and clear and 5,492 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Worcester County filed 27,560 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.9% of all Maryland filings and 0.018% of the entire nation. Worcester had a combined total federal tax liability of $271,534,000 on earned income of $1,756,651,000. Other notable statistics from Worcester County were 2,250 unemployment claims which collected a total of $10,125,000 and 8,260 charitable contributions valued at $33,121,000. 8,740 filings from Worcester County paid a combined total of $32,788,000 in property taxes and 7,310 filings paid $61,706,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Worcester county had 101 religious congregations with an estimated 24,906 members.
30.1% of the Worcester population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 50% of Worcester County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,045 votes.
At $61,405 the median income is 76.1% of the Maryland average. An estimated 2,185 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Worcester, the equivalant of around 8.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 9.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Worcester County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
6,050	Accommodation and food services
4,017	Food services and drinking places
3,726	Restaurants and other eating places
3,370	Retail trade
2,851	Full-service restaurants
2,033	Accommodation
1,956	Health care and social assistance
1,944	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
868	Other services (except public administration)
804	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
642	Professional, scientific, and technical services
635	Limited-service restaurants
628	Food and beverage stores
606	Ambulatory health care services
604	Manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.63% in Worcester County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 21811 and 21842).

In 2018 13.72% of listings in Worcester County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 21842 and 21811) dropped their price.

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