The population of Butler county is estimated at 42,789. In 2017 there were 539 births and 515 deaths in Butler county. Butler county has 6,494 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,192 that are owned free and clear and 5,928 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Butler County filed 17,380 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.6% of all Missouri filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Butler had a combined total federal tax liability of $106,319,000 on earned income of $734,561,000. Other notable statistics from Butler County were 910 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,411,000 and 2,040 charitable contributions valued at $12,993,000. 2,250 filings from Butler County paid a combined total of $3,956,000 in property taxes and 1,830 filings paid $11,569,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Butler county had 77 religious congregations with an estimated 17,973 members.
15.9% of the Butler population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Butler County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 343 votes.
At $39,642 the median income is 74.1% of the Missouri average. An estimated 835 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Butler, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Butler County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,378	Health care and social assistance
2,610	Retail trade
2,178	Manufacturing
1,678	Accommodation and food services
1,593	Food services and drinking places
1,444	Ambulatory health care services
1,430	Restaurants and other eating places
756	Limited-service restaurants
631	General merchandise stores
608	Full-service restaurants
530	Offices of physicians
530	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
493	Finance and insurance
457	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
449	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

In 2018 the average price reduction was 5.03% in Butler County.

In 2018 11.33% of listings in Butler County.

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