The population of Fayette county is estimated at 132,392. In 2017 there were 1,388 births and 1,835 deaths in Fayette county. Fayette county has 20,361 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 19,886 that are owned free and clear and 15,750 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Fayette County filed 61,010 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.0% of all Pennsylvania filings and 0.041% of the entire nation. Fayette had a combined total federal tax liability of $421,618,000 on earned income of $2,832,877,000. Other notable statistics from Fayette County were 6,090 unemployment claims which collected a total of $32,684,000 and 5,980 charitable contributions valued at $23,331,000. 6,920 filings from Fayette County paid a combined total of $21,465,000 in property taxes and 5,880 filings paid $33,400,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Fayette county had 264 religious congregations with an estimated 60,518 members.
15.4% of the Fayette population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 12.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 40% of Fayette County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 5,230 votes.
At $42,892 the median income is 72.5% of the Pennsylvania average. An estimated 4,005 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Fayette, the equivalant of around 6.9% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 8.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Fayette County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,929	Health care and social assistance
6,040	Retail trade
4,101	Accommodation and food services
3,212	Ambulatory health care services
3,098	Food services and drinking places
3,088	Manufacturing
2,901	Restaurants and other eating places
2,091	Nursing and residential care facilities
1,975	Transportation and warehousing
1,652	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,468	Full-service restaurants
1,430	Administrative and support services
1,424	General merchandise stores
1,261	Limited-service restaurants
1,181	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 5.27% in Fayette County.

In 2018 10.47% of listings in Fayette County.

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