The population of Newton county is estimated at 21,385. In 2017 there were 277 births and 299 deaths in Newton county. Newton county has 3,096 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,346 that are owned free and clear and 1,772 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Newton County filed 8,810 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.7% of all Mississippi filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Newton had a combined total federal tax liability of $53,028,000 on earned income of $372,044,000. Other notable statistics from Newton County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $821,000 and 1,330 charitable contributions valued at $9,116,000. 1,100 filings from Newton County paid a combined total of $1,744,000 in property taxes and 900 filings paid $4,715,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Newton county had 64 religious congregations with an estimated 12,583 members.
16.3% of the Newton population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Newton County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 445 votes.
At $39,898 the median income is 91.5% of the Mississippi average. An estimated 457 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Newton, the equivalant of around 5.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Newton County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,077	Manufacturing
707	Retail trade
702	Health care and social assistance
282	Restaurants and other eating places
271	Other general merchandise stores
271	General merchandise stores
226	Limited-service restaurants
144	Food and beverage stores
144	Grocery stores
138	Finance and insurance
120	Credit intermediation and related activities
113	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
91	Ambulatory health care services
90	Commercial banking
82	Gasoline stations

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