The population of Richmond county is estimated at 477,383 where 308,164 speak English exclusively and 10,171 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 5,331 births and 3,976 deaths in Richmond county. Richmond county has 79,634 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 26,501 that are owned free and clear and 59,381 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Richmond County filed 223,490 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 2.3% of all New York filings and 0.150% of the entire nation. Richmond had an impressive combined total federal tax liability of $2,481,315,000 on earned income of $15,522,183,000. Other notable statistics from Richmond County were 6,320 unemployment claims which collected a total of $34,316,000 and 88,980 charitable contributions valued at $274,612,000. 74,000 filings from Richmond County paid a combined total of $388,010,000 in property taxes and 62,940 filings paid $639,334,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Richmond county had 199 religious congregations with an estimated 306,682 members.
32.1% of the Richmond population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 35% of Richmond County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 31,926 votes.
At $78,466 the median income is 121.1% of the New York average. An estimated 10,416 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Richmond, the equivalant of around 4.6% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.2%.

Top 15 Industries in Richmond County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
30,614	Health care and social assistance
15,926	Retail trade
11,209	Ambulatory health care services
7,805	Accommodation and food services
7,386	Food services and drinking places
6,729	Restaurants and other eating places
4,435	Food and beverage stores
4,301	Transportation and warehousing
4,073	Grocery stores
3,814	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
3,779	Other services (except public administration)
3,759	Home health care services
3,685	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
3,583	Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities)
3,535	Professional, scientific, and technical services

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.55% in Richmond County (averaging across 8 zip codes a sample of which are; 10306, 10314, 10312, 10308 and 10307).

In 2018 18.75% of listings in Richmond County (averaging across 11 zip codes a sample of which are; 10312, 10310, 10306, 10314 and 10304) dropped their price.

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