The population of Platte county is estimated at 98,653. In 2017 there were 1,229 births and 645 deaths in Platte county. Platte county has 18,818 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,256 that are owned free and clear and 12,029 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Platte County filed 48,500 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.7% of all Missouri filings and 0.033% of the entire nation. Platte had a combined total federal tax liability of $648,361,000 on earned income of $3,919,035,000. Other notable statistics from Platte County were 1,750 unemployment claims which collected a total of $4,752,000 and 15,370 charitable contributions valued at $87,444,000. 17,230 filings from Platte County paid a combined total of $65,292,000 in property taxes and 14,950 filings paid $105,571,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Platte county had 75 religious congregations with an estimated 32,380 members.
41.5% of the Platte population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 4.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 47% of Platte County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,094 votes.
At $75,651 the median income is 141.4% of the Missouri average. An estimated 1,806 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Platte, the equivalant of around 3.2% 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 Platte County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
6,054	Retail trade
5,779	Accommodation and food services
3,843	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
3,837	Food services and drinking places
3,831	Administrative and support services
3,754	Finance and insurance
3,319	Health care and social assistance
3,186	Credit intermediation and related activities
2,815	Transportation and warehousing
2,644	Manufacturing
2,409	Full-service restaurants
1,942	Accommodation
1,761	Transportation equipment manufacturing
1,576	Ambulatory health care services
1,288	Wholesale trade

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.43% in Platte County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 64079 and 64152).

In 2018 18.96% of listings in Platte County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 64079 and 64152) dropped their price.

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