Halifax County is the poorest county in North Carolina. Roanoke Rapids is the largest city located within Halifax County.
  The population of Halifax county is estimated at 51,871. In 2017 there were 553 births and 683 deaths in Halifax county. Halifax county has 7,993 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,075 that are owned free and clear and 7,902 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Halifax County filed 21,280 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all North Carolina filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Halifax had a combined total federal tax liability of $122,095,000 on earned income of $838,751,000. Other notable statistics from Halifax County were 520 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,254,000 and 3,640 charitable contributions valued at $17,657,000. 3,530 filings from Halifax County paid a combined total of $8,659,000 in property taxes and 2,820 filings paid $15,344,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Halifax county had 133 religious congregations with an estimated 25,842 members.
14.0% of the Halifax population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 23.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 48% of Halifax County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 843 votes.
At $34,027 the median income is 64.4% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 1,524 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Halifax, the equivalant of around 7.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Halifax County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,022	Health care and social assistance
2,448	Retail trade
1,968	Accommodation and food services
1,777	Food services and drinking places
1,583	Manufacturing
1,027	Ambulatory health care services
1,022	Limited-service restaurants
684	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
625	Administrative and support services
531	Food and beverage stores
455	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
424	Nursing and residential care facilities
352	Offices of physicians
347	Other services (except public administration)
319	Motor vehicle and parts dealers

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.82% in Halifax County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 27850 and 27870).

In 2018 8.14% of listings in Halifax County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 27850 and 27870) dropped their price.

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