The population of Benton county is estimated at 39,468. In 2017 there were 580 births and 318 deaths in Benton county. Benton county has 7,556 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,818 that are owned free and clear and 4,705 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Benton County filed 19,590 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Minnesota filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Benton had a combined total federal tax liability of $140,733,000 on earned income of $1,056,912,000. Other notable statistics from Benton County were 1,280 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,440,000 and 4,210 charitable contributions valued at $13,349,000. 4,820 filings from Benton County paid a combined total of $13,042,000 in property taxes and 4,180 filings paid $26,402,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Benton county had 37 religious congregations with an estimated 19,567 members.
22.1% of the Benton population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 50% of Benton County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 390 votes.
At $58,572 the median income is 85.7% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 886 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Benton, the equivalant of around 4.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Benton County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,071	Health care and social assistance
2,975	Manufacturing
1,800	Retail trade
1,215	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,130	Wholesale trade
1,127	Administrative and support services
1,072	Accommodation and food services
1,027	Food services and drinking places
856	Restaurants and other eating places
696	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
588	Other services (except public administration)
577	Food and beverage stores
547	Printing and related support activities
547	Printing
468	Miscellaneous manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.08% in Benton County.

In 2018 13.89% of listings in Benton County.

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