The population of Mecosta county is estimated at 43,172. In 2017 there were 409 births and 348 deaths in Mecosta county. Mecosta county has 7,009 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,527 that are owned free and clear and 4,565 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Mecosta County filed 17,100 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Michigan filings and 0.011% of the entire nation. Mecosta had a combined total federal tax liability of $119,649,000 on earned income of $814,668,000. Other notable statistics from Mecosta County were 910 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,203,000 and 2,320 charitable contributions valued at $10,922,000. 2,790 filings from Mecosta County paid a combined total of $7,911,000 in property taxes and 2,220 filings paid $11,968,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Mecosta county had 59 religious congregations with an estimated 13,098 members.
21.7% of the Mecosta population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Mecosta County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 270 votes.
At $45,785 the median income is 83.5% of the Michigan average. An estimated 1,097 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Mecosta, the equivalant of around 5.8% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Mecosta County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,881	Retail trade
1,880	Manufacturing
1,528	Health care and social assistance
1,178	Accommodation and food services
1,083	Food services and drinking places
977	Restaurants and other eating places
669	General merchandise stores
581	Full-service restaurants
531	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
467	Information
367	Limited-service restaurants
367	Ambulatory health care services
336	Other services (except public administration)
317	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
281	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.61% in Mecosta County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 49346 and 49307).

In 2018 14.16% of listings in Mecosta County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 49307, 49346 and 49332) dropped their price.

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