The population of Houston county is estimated at 18,719. In 2017 there were 188 births and 169 deaths in Houston county. Houston county has 3,816 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,589 that are owned free and clear and 1,444 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Houston County filed 9,470 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Minnesota filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Houston had a combined total federal tax liability of $78,315,000 on earned income of $562,397,000. Other notable statistics from Houston County were 570 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,518,000 and 2,060 charitable contributions valued at $7,038,000. 2,370 filings from Houston County paid a combined total of $6,916,000 in property taxes and 1,790 filings paid $10,063,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Houston county had 33 religious congregations with an estimated 13,537 members.
23.2% of the Houston population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 5.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 56% of Houston County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 93 votes.
At $55,558 the median income is 81.3% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 359 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Houston, the equivalant of around 3.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Houston County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,047	Health care and social assistance
624	Retail trade
370	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
287	Manufacturing
224	Transportation and warehousing
192	Accommodation and food services
180	Food services and drinking places
174	Food and beverage stores
152	Restaurants and other eating places
146	Grocery stores
146	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
143	Truck transportation
132	Wholesale trade
129	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
127	Full-service restaurants

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