The population of Lancaster county is estimated at 539,137 where 411,968 speak English exclusively and 1,579 speak primarily in another language. In 2017 there were 7,206 births and 5,008 deaths in Lancaster county. Lancaster county has 89,572 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 43,131 that are owned free and clear and 60,899 that are renter occupied.

  The gracious residents of Lancaster County filed 266,240 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 4.3% of all Pennsylvania filings and 0.179% of the entire nation. Lancaster had an impressive combined total federal tax liability of $2,514,712,000 on earned income of $16,436,903,000. Other notable statistics from Lancaster County were 12,860 unemployment claims which collected a total of $53,805,000 and 64,970 charitable contributions valued at $433,717,000. 73,160 filings from Lancaster County paid a combined total of $341,968,000 in property taxes and 59,700 filings paid $384,472,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Lancaster county had 810 religious congregations with an estimated 255,121 members.
26.5% of the Lancaster population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 15.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 44% of Lancaster County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 19,474 votes.
At $63,402 the median income is 107.2% of the Pennsylvania average. An estimated 10,703 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Lancaster, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Lancaster County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
34,977	Health care and social assistance
33,212	Manufacturing
29,783	Retail trade
17,833	Accommodation and food services
15,146	Food services and drinking places
13,732	Restaurants and other eating places
12,486	Professional, scientific, and technical services
11,581	Ambulatory health care services
11,524	Nursing and residential care facilities
10,776	Wholesale trade
10,480	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
9,696	Administrative and support services
8,580	Transportation and warehousing
8,270	Food and beverage stores
7,838	Full-service restaurants

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.03% in Lancaster County (averaging across 11 zip codes a sample of which are; 17552, 17547, 17512, 17602 and 17603).

In 2018 14.86% of listings in Lancaster County (averaging across 12 zip codes a sample of which are; 17517, 17543, 17603, 17022 and 17512) dropped their price.

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