The population of Dawson county is estimated at 9,243. In 2017 there were 113 births and 81 deaths in Dawson county. Dawson county has 1,238 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,420 that are owned free and clear and 1,091 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Dawson County filed 4,090 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Montana filings and 0.003% of the entire nation. Dawson had a combined total federal tax liability of $29,375,000 on earned income of $223,912,000. Other notable statistics from Dawson County were 160 unemployment claims which collected a total of $775,000 and 830 charitable contributions valued at $3,278,000. 990 filings from Dawson County paid a combined total of $2,415,000 in property taxes and 710 filings paid $3,919,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Dawson county had 24 religious congregations with an estimated 5,562 members.
19.8% of the Dawson population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Dawson County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 120 votes.
At $54,210 the median income is 101.8% of the Montana average. An estimated 148 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Dawson, 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 3.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Dawson County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
631	Health care and social assistance
502	Accommodation and food services
493	Retail trade
308	Restaurants and other eating places
198	Full-service restaurants
181	Wholesale trade
133	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
110	Limited-service restaurants
106	Transportation and warehousing
97	Finance and insurance
97	Other services (except public administration)
92	Information
91	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
90	Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
81	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

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