The population of Aitkin county is estimated at 15,776. In 2017 there were 115 births and 220 deaths in Aitkin county. Aitkin county has 3,412 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,717 that are owned free and clear and 1,170 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Aitkin County filed 7,250 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Minnesota filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Aitkin had a combined total federal tax liability of $45,949,000 on earned income of $362,296,000. Other notable statistics from Aitkin County were 540 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,374,000 and 1,510 charitable contributions valued at $4,580,000. 1,700 filings from Aitkin County paid a combined total of $3,676,000 in property taxes and 1,320 filings paid $9,140,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Aitkin county had 43 religious congregations with an estimated 6,504 members.
16.7% of the Aitkin population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 58% of Aitkin County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 76 votes.
At $44,344 the median income is 64.9% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 448 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Aitkin, the equivalant of around 6.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Aitkin County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
720	Health care and social assistance
647	Retail trade
448	Accommodation and food services
313	Food services and drinking places
298	Manufacturing
285	Restaurants and other eating places
272	Nursing and residential care facilities
199	Gasoline stations
178	Full-service restaurants
154	Food and beverage stores
135	Accommodation
127	Other services (except public administration)
114	Wholesale trade
92	General freight trucking, long-distance, truckload
92	General freight trucking, long-distance

In 2018 6.55% of listings in Aitkin County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 55760) dropped their price.

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