The population of Washington county is estimated at 252,976. In 2017 there were 2,819 births and 1,613 deaths in Washington county. Washington county has 58,951 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 13,767 that are owned free and clear and 15,141 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Washington County filed 128,690 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 4.7% of all Minnesota filings and 0.086% of the entire nation. Washington had an impressive combined total federal tax liability of $1,881,465,000 on earned income of $11,550,100,000. Other notable statistics from Washington County were 4,640 unemployment claims which collected a total of $25,968,000 and 53,550 charitable contributions valued at $230,186,000. 57,300 filings from Washington County paid a combined total of $235,379,000 in property taxes and 50,040 filings paid $421,859,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Washington county had 129 religious congregations with an estimated 137,242 members.
42.3% of the Washington population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 3.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 56% of Washington County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,132 votes.
At $92,582 the median income is 135.4% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 4,230 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Washington, the equivalant of around 3.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Washington County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
12,623	Retail trade
10,469	Health care and social assistance
8,618	Accommodation and food services
7,925	Food services and drinking places
7,275	Restaurants and other eating places
6,928	Manufacturing
5,756	Finance and insurance
4,751	Ambulatory health care services
4,467	Full-service restaurants
3,701	Credit intermediation and related activities
3,673	Professional, scientific, and technical services
3,652	General merchandise stores
2,944	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2,819	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
2,781	Nursing and residential care facilities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.12% in Washington County (averaging across 7 zip codes a sample of which are; 55082, 55038, 55128, 55125 and 55016).

In 2018 14.25% of listings in Washington County (averaging across 7 zip codes a sample of which are; 55016, 55025, 55129, 55082 and 55128) dropped their price.

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