The population of Pennington county is estimated at 14,251. In 2017 there were 170 births and 129 deaths in Pennington county. Pennington county has 2,549 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,727 that are owned free and clear and 1,560 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Pennington County filed 6,990 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Minnesota filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Pennington had a combined total federal tax liability of $47,190,000 on earned income of $373,952,000. Other notable statistics from Pennington County were 760 unemployment claims which collected a total of $3,839,000 and 1,150 charitable contributions valued at $4,531,000. 1,290 filings from Pennington County paid a combined total of $3,156,000 in property taxes and 1,010 filings paid $5,426,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Pennington county had 30 religious congregations with an estimated 9,468 members.
18.7% of the Pennington population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 47% of Pennington County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 178 votes.
At $56,015 the median income is 81.9% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 505 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Pennington, the equivalant of around 5.7% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Pennington County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,255	Health care and social assistance
1,028	Retail trade
1,023	Accommodation and food services
884	Manufacturing
607	Accommodation
607	Traveler accommodation
416	Food services and drinking places
260	Other services (except public administration)
246	Full-service restaurants
198	Transportation and warehousing
188	Gasoline stations
186	Food and beverage stores
154	Finance and insurance
152	Limited-service restaurants
147	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

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