The population of Mercer county is estimated at 3,658. In 2017 there were 49 births and 39 deaths in Mercer county. Mercer county has 566 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 625 that are owned free and clear and 369 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Mercer County filed 1,530 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Missouri filings and 0.001% of the entire nation. Mercer had a combined total federal tax liability of $7,932,000 on earned income of $57,942,000. Other notable statistics from Mercer County were 60 unemployment claims which collected a total of $205,000 and 110 charitable contributions valued at $520,000. 130 filings from Mercer County paid a combined total of $188,000 in property taxes and 90 filings paid $410,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Mercer county had 18 religious congregations with an estimated 2,688 members.
17.6% of the Mercer population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Mercer County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 84 votes.
At $42,048 the median income is 78.6% of the Missouri average. An estimated 73 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Mercer, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Mercer County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
64	Retail trade
42	Transportation and warehousing
30	Gasoline stations
29	Full-service restaurants
20	Credit intermediation and related activities
20	Depository credit intermediation
20	Commercial banking
0	General freight trucking, local
0	Local general freight trucking without storage, truckload
0	Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local
0	Local agricultural products trucking without storage
0	Transit and ground passenger transportation
0	School and employee bus transportation
0	Publishing industries (except internet)
0	Newspaper, periodical, book, and directory publishers

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