The population of Macon county is estimated at 15,143. In 2017 there were 164 births and 169 deaths in Macon county. Macon county has 2,452 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,281 that are owned free and clear and 1,679 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Macon County filed 7,060 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Missouri filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Macon had a combined total federal tax liability of $38,680,000 on earned income of $298,015,000. Other notable statistics from Macon County were 280 unemployment claims which collected a total of $910,000 and 690 charitable contributions valued at $4,034,000. 810 filings from Macon County paid a combined total of $1,225,000 in property taxes and 610 filings paid $2,998,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Macon county had 59 religious congregations with an estimated 11,078 members.
15.3% of the Macon population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 50% of Macon County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 420 votes.
At $40,037 the median income is 74.8% of the Missouri average. An estimated 273 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Macon, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Macon County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
631	Retail trade
550	Health care and social assistance
472	Manufacturing
366	Accommodation and food services
296	Food services and drinking places
190	Full-service restaurants
157	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
157	Grocery stores
152	Finance and insurance
134	Gasoline stations
119	Credit intermediation and related activities
115	Ambulatory health care services
115	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
111	Wholesale trade
101	Depository credit intermediation

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