The population of New Hanover county is estimated at 223,234. In 2017 there were 2,290 births and 1,959 deaths in New Hanover county. New Hanover county has 38,962 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 12,467 that are owned free and clear and 34,617 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of New Hanover County filed 104,290 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.3% of all North Carolina filings and 0.070% of the entire nation. New Hanover had a combined total federal tax liability of $1,145,238,000 on earned income of $6,998,742,000. Other notable statistics from New Hanover County were 1,870 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,151,000 and 28,620 charitable contributions valued at $151,750,000. 30,680 filings from New Hanover County paid a combined total of $98,846,000 in property taxes and 26,770 filings paid $225,599,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 New Hanover county had 225 religious congregations with an estimated 95,869 members.
38.9% of the New Hanover population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of New Hanover County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 6,670 votes.
At $53,692 the median income is 101.7% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 4,975 people claimed to be unemployed last year in New Hanover, the equivalant of around 4.2% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.7%.

Top 15 Industries in New Hanover County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
13,512	Retail trade
12,919	Accommodation and food services
12,485	Health care and social assistance
11,330	Food services and drinking places
7,351	Ambulatory health care services
6,205	Full-service restaurants
5,650	Professional, scientific, and technical services
5,284	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
5,050	Administrative and support services
4,515	Manufacturing
3,230	Limited-service restaurants
2,961	Offices of physicians
2,796	Information
2,674	Finance and insurance
2,566	Other services (except public administration)

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