The population of Otter Tail county is estimated at 57,981. In 2017 there were 681 births and 671 deaths in Otter Tail county. Otter Tail county has 11,577 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,482 that are owned free and clear and 4,996 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Otter Tail County filed 28,440 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.0% of all Minnesota filings and 0.019% of the entire nation. Otter Tail had a combined total federal tax liability of $212,636,000 on earned income of $1,597,913,000. Other notable statistics from Otter Tail County were 1,550 unemployment claims which collected a total of $8,298,000 and 6,080 charitable contributions valued at $30,129,000. 6,830 filings from Otter Tail County paid a combined total of $19,483,000 in property taxes and 5,360 filings paid $35,151,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Otter Tail county had 126 religious congregations with an estimated 40,599 members.
24.7% of the Otter Tail population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 56% of Otter Tail County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 722 votes.
At $53,033 the median income is 77.6% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 1,259 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Otter Tail, 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 4.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Otter Tail County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,540	Health care and social assistance
3,875	Manufacturing
2,903	Retail trade
2,181	Food manufacturing
1,501	Nursing and residential care facilities
1,471	Accommodation and food services
1,470	Ambulatory health care services
1,120	Food services and drinking places
1,033	Restaurants and other eating places
809	Home health care services
752	Continuing care retirement communities and assisted living facilities for the elderly
694	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
676	General merchandise stores
664	Administrative and support services
614	Food and beverage stores

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