The population of Bay county is estimated at 104,481. In 2017 there were 1,019 births and 1,162 deaths in Bay county. Bay county has 21,391 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 13,294 that are owned free and clear and 9,918 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Bay County filed 52,920 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Michigan filings and 0.035% of the entire nation. Bay had a combined total federal tax liability of $373,419,000 on earned income of $2,569,309,000. Other notable statistics from Bay County were 3,050 unemployment claims which collected a total of $10,740,000 and 8,420 charitable contributions valued at $32,013,000. 9,400 filings from Bay County paid a combined total of $28,488,000 in property taxes and 7,440 filings paid $36,749,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Bay county had 104 religious congregations with an estimated 57,623 members.
19.0% of the Bay population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 51% of Bay County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,855 votes.
At $45,771 the median income is 83.5% of the Michigan average. An estimated 2,875 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Bay, the equivalant of around 5.6% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Bay County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,152	Health care and social assistance
5,526	Retail trade
4,039	Accommodation and food services
3,763	Food services and drinking places
3,650	Manufacturing
3,262	Restaurants and other eating places
2,353	Ambulatory health care services
1,642	Limited-service restaurants
1,539	General merchandise stores
1,523	Full-service restaurants
1,360	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,138	Other general merchandise stores
1,065	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,055	Finance and insurance
1,014	Nursing and residential care facilities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.72% in Bay County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 48706 and 48708).

In 2018 17.85% of listings in Bay County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 48708 and 48706) dropped their price.

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