The population of Pettis county is estimated at 42,280. In 2017 there were 556 births and 400 deaths in Pettis county. Pettis county has 6,890 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,449 that are owned free and clear and 5,089 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Pettis County filed 18,600 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Missouri filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Pettis had a combined total federal tax liability of $110,659,000 on earned income of $818,864,000. Other notable statistics from Pettis County were 1,120 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,242,000 and 1,920 charitable contributions valued at $10,969,000. 2,270 filings from Pettis County paid a combined total of $4,298,000 in property taxes and 1,790 filings paid $10,033,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Pettis county had 92 religious congregations with an estimated 25,105 members.
17.7% of the Pettis population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Pettis County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 874 votes.
At $44,867 the median income is 83.9% of the Missouri average. An estimated 864 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Pettis, the equivalant of around 4.2% 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 Pettis County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,955	Manufacturing
3,111	Health care and social assistance
2,323	Retail trade
1,662	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,532	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,475	Accommodation and food services
1,307	Restaurants and other eating places
1,097	Employment services
885	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
835	Ambulatory health care services
620	Machinery manufacturing
618	Limited-service restaurants
609	Full-service restaurants
540	Transportation and warehousing
530	Nursing and residential care facilities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.41% in Pettis County.

In 2018 7.44% of listings in Pettis County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 65301) dropped their price.

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