The population of Perry county is estimated at 19,201. In 2017 there were 226 births and 223 deaths in Perry county. Perry county has 3,400 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,271 that are owned free and clear and 1,686 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Perry County filed 9,120 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Missouri filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Perry had a combined total federal tax liability of $56,055,000 on earned income of $429,171,000. Other notable statistics from Perry County were 270 unemployment claims which collected a total of $719,000 and 1,080 charitable contributions valued at $4,788,000. 1,320 filings from Perry County paid a combined total of $2,045,000 in property taxes and 1,060 filings paid $6,081,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Perry county had 31 religious congregations with an estimated 12,435 members.
16.3% of the Perry population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Perry County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 745 votes.
At $52,132 the median income is 97.4% of the Missouri average. An estimated 268 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Perry, the equivalant of around 2.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Perry County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,627	Manufacturing
1,164	Health care and social assistance
978	Retail trade
618	Accommodation and food services
570	Other services (except public administration)
568	Food services and drinking places
543	Restaurants and other eating places
460	Transportation and warehousing
377	Nursing and residential care facilities
348	Wholesale trade
346	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
322	Limited-service restaurants
241	Finance and insurance
231	Wood product manufacturing
192	Credit intermediation and related activities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.60% in Perry County.

In 2018 15.73% of listings in Perry County.

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