The population of Putnam county is estimated at 99,107. In 2017 there were 819 births and 739 deaths in Putnam county. Putnam county has 22,245 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,443 that are owned free and clear and 6,353 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Putnam County filed 50,060 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all New York filings and 0.034% of the entire nation. Putnam had a combined total federal tax liability of $754,763,000 on earned income of $4,486,012,000. Other notable statistics from Putnam County were 1,400 unemployment claims which collected a total of $7,953,000 and 22,680 charitable contributions valued at $71,549,000. 23,010 filings from Putnam County paid a combined total of $243,307,000 in property taxes and 19,060 filings paid $175,081,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Putnam county had 55 religious congregations with an estimated 48,378 members.
38.5% of the Putnam population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 45% of Putnam County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 3,303 votes.
At $98,765 the median income is 152.5% of the New York average. An estimated 2,183 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Putnam, the equivalant of around 4.3% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Putnam County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,055	Health care and social assistance
3,037	Retail trade
1,741	Ambulatory health care services
1,604	Accommodation and food services
1,521	Food services and drinking places
1,478	Manufacturing
1,389	Restaurants and other eating places
1,246	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,218	Nursing and residential care facilities
1,183	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,035	Other services (except public administration)
984	Food and beverage stores
934	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
905	Wholesale trade
903	Full-service restaurants

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.04% in Putnam County (averaging across 6 zip codes a sample of which are; 10579, 12563, 10541, 10509 and 10516).

In 2018 14.22% of listings in Putnam County (averaging across 7 zip codes a sample of which are; 10509, 10512, 10541, 12563 and 10524) dropped their price.

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