The population of Buffalo county is estimated at 49,382. In 2017 there were 715 births and 363 deaths in Buffalo county. Buffalo county has 7,392 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,033 that are owned free and clear and 6,612 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Buffalo County filed 22,020 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.5% of all Nebraska filings and 0.015% of the entire nation. Buffalo had a combined total federal tax liability of $196,968,000 on earned income of $1,365,783,000. Other notable statistics from Buffalo County were 350 unemployment claims which collected a total of $976,000 and 4,860 charitable contributions valued at $26,358,000. 5,150 filings from Buffalo County paid a combined total of $20,122,000 in property taxes and 4,030 filings paid $24,234,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Buffalo county had 64 religious congregations with an estimated 27,564 members.
33.6% of the Buffalo population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Buffalo County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,420 votes.
At $58,800 the median income is 98.1% of the Nebraska average. An estimated 658 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Buffalo, the equivalant of around 2.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 2.5%.

Top 15 Industries in Buffalo County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
4,012	Health care and social assistance
3,677	Retail trade
3,306	Manufacturing
3,084	Accommodation and food services
2,326	Restaurants and other eating places
1,390	Ambulatory health care services
905	General merchandise stores
902	Wholesale trade
885	Food manufacturing
810	Offices of physicians
635	Finance and insurance
630	Professional, scientific, and technical services
565	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
409	Temporary help services
370	Credit intermediation and related activities

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