The population of Watonwan county is estimated at 10,911. In 2017 there were 152 births and 102 deaths in Watonwan county. Watonwan county has 2,028 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,447 that are owned free and clear and 1,045 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Watonwan County filed 5,290 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Minnesota filings and 0.004% of the entire nation. Watonwan had a combined total federal tax liability of $33,094,000 on earned income of $270,173,000. Other notable statistics from Watonwan County were 360 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,646,000 and 770 charitable contributions valued at $3,419,000. 830 filings from Watonwan County paid a combined total of $1,491,000 in property taxes and 570 filings paid $2,946,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Watonwan county had 34 religious congregations with an estimated 8,966 members.
15.2% of the Watonwan population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Watonwan County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 144 votes.
At $50,678 the median income is 74.1% of the Minnesota average. An estimated 286 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Watonwan, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Watonwan County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,231	Manufacturing
484	Health care and social assistance
392	Retail trade
213	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
195	Administrative and support services
190	Restaurants and other eating places
158	Transportation and warehousing
147	Food and beverage stores
134	Finance and insurance
115	Other services (except public administration)
108	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
108	Grocery stores
104	Wholesale trade
98	Credit intermediation and related activities
98	Depository credit intermediation

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