The population of Lincoln county is estimated at 19,294. In 2017 there were 184 births and 189 deaths in Lincoln county. Lincoln county has 3,754 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,177 that are owned free and clear and 2,288 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lincoln County filed 9,000 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.0% of all New Mexico filings and 0.006% of the entire nation. Lincoln had a combined total federal tax liability of $59,588,000 on earned income of $421,526,000. Other notable statistics from Lincoln County were 230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,094,000 and 1,390 charitable contributions valued at $7,697,000. 1,580 filings from Lincoln County paid a combined total of $4,469,000 in property taxes and 1,240 filings paid $9,851,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lincoln county had 46 religious congregations with an estimated 8,007 members.
29.6% of the Lincoln population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 46% of Lincoln County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is a decrease from the 2012 election by 353 votes.
At $47,141 the median income is 100.1% of the New Mexico average. An estimated 478 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lincoln, the equivalant of around 5.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Lincoln County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
1,185	Accommodation and food services
1,184	Retail trade
914	Food services and drinking places
861	Restaurants and other eating places
598	Health care and social assistance
578	Full-service restaurants
398	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
321	Finance and insurance
271	Accommodation
270	Traveler accommodation
253	Limited-service restaurants
245	Credit intermediation and related activities
230	Depository credit intermediation
210	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
204	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.15% in Lincoln County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 88312 and 88345).

In 2018 7.05% of listings in Lincoln County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 88345 and 88312) dropped their price.

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