The population of Ottawa county is estimated at 40,495. In 2017 there were 334 births and 505 deaths in Ottawa county. Ottawa county has 8,819 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 5,125 that are owned free and clear and 3,559 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Ottawa County filed 21,700 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all Ohio filings and 0.015% of the entire nation. Ottawa had a combined total federal tax liability of $179,808,000 on earned income of $1,242,146,000. Other notable statistics from Ottawa County were 1,230 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,381,000 and 4,190 charitable contributions valued at $15,946,000. 4,800 filings from Ottawa County paid a combined total of $16,112,000 in property taxes and 3,980 filings paid $24,782,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Ottawa county had 55 religious congregations with an estimated 21,020 members.
22.3% of the Ottawa population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 7.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 54% of Ottawa County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 194 votes.
At $55,968 the median income is 103.5% of the Ohio average. An estimated 1,428 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Ottawa, the equivalant of around 6.7% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Ottawa County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,150	Manufacturing
1,771	Health care and social assistance
1,703	Accommodation and food services
1,460	Food services and drinking places
1,433	Retail trade
1,369	Restaurants and other eating places
851	Nursing and residential care facilities
760	Full-service restaurants
750	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
539	Limited-service restaurants
433	Nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing
423	Food and beverage stores
396	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
390	Grocery stores
356	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.75% in Ottawa County.

In 2018 6.28% of listings in Ottawa County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 43440, 43452 and 43449) dropped their price.

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