The population of Pike county is estimated at 18,504. In 2017 there were 216 births and 185 deaths in Pike county. Pike county has 2,688 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,080 that are owned free and clear and 1,792 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Pike County filed 7,330 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Missouri filings and 0.005% of the entire nation. Pike had a combined total federal tax liability of $45,377,000 on earned income of $333,724,000. Other notable statistics from Pike County were 290 unemployment claims which collected a total of $798,000 and 750 charitable contributions valued at $3,973,000. 910 filings from Pike County paid a combined total of $1,435,000 in property taxes and 680 filings paid $3,723,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Pike county had 70 religious congregations with an estimated 10,005 members.
15.5% of the Pike population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Pike County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 56 votes.
At $44,040 the median income is 82.3% of the Missouri average. An estimated 273 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Pike, the equivalant of around 3.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Pike County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
802	Health care and social assistance
686	Retail trade
555	Manufacturing
522	Professional, scientific, and technical services
341	Food services and drinking places
314	Wholesale trade
211	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
208	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
207	Full-service restaurants
179	Ambulatory health care services
159	Information
153	Finance and insurance
143	Gasoline stations
133	Limited-service restaurants
114	Depository credit intermediation

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