The population of Defiance county is estimated at 38,121. In 2017 there were 413 births and 386 deaths in Defiance county. Defiance county has 7,583 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,226 that are owned free and clear and 3,459 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Defiance County filed 18,940 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Ohio filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Defiance had a combined total federal tax liability of $136,489,000 on earned income of $956,492,000. Other notable statistics from Defiance County were 620 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,380,000 and 2,500 charitable contributions valued at $12,284,000. 2,950 filings from Defiance County paid a combined total of $6,908,000 in property taxes and 2,420 filings paid $11,767,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Defiance county had 74 religious congregations with an estimated 24,485 members.
16.2% of the Defiance population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 47% of Defiance County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 51 votes.
At $59,538 the median income is 110.1% of the Ohio average. An estimated 902 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Defiance, the equivalant of around 4.9% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Defiance County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,278	Manufacturing
2,403	Health care and social assistance
2,344	Retail trade
1,228	Accommodation and food services
1,174	Food services and drinking places
1,075	Restaurants and other eating places
820	Transportation equipment manufacturing
820	Motor vehicle parts manufacturing
798	General merchandise stores
728	Ambulatory health care services
698	Hospitals
698	General medical and surgical hospitals
609	Nursing and residential care facilities
571	Other general merchandise stores
560	Finance and insurance

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.80% in Defiance County.

In 2018 14.38% of listings in Defiance County.

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