The population of Shelby county is estimated at 6,051. In 2017 there were 76 births and 62 deaths in Shelby county. Shelby county has 977 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 934 that are owned free and clear and 670 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Shelby County filed 2,880 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.1% of all Missouri filings and 0.002% of the entire nation. Shelby had a combined total federal tax liability of $15,030,000 on earned income of $120,205,000. Other notable statistics from Shelby County were 130 unemployment claims which collected a total of $259,000 and 290 charitable contributions valued at $1,546,000. 300 filings from Shelby County paid a combined total of $445,000 in property taxes and 180 filings paid $882,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Shelby county had 32 religious congregations with an estimated 4,370 members.
15.7% of the Shelby population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 54% of Shelby County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 20 votes.
At $42,444 the median income is 79.3% of the Missouri average. An estimated 106 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Shelby, 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 4.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Shelby County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
239	Manufacturing
223	Retail trade
102	Health care and social assistance
97	Wholesale trade
85	Accommodation and food services
61	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
54	Gasoline stations
45	Professional, scientific, and technical services
45	Full-service restaurants
44	Food and beverage stores
44	Grocery stores
44	Credit intermediation and related activities
44	Depository credit intermediation
38	Other services (except public administration)
36	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods

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