The population of Obion county is estimated at 30,526. In 2017 there were 371 births and 378 deaths in Obion county. Obion county has 5,018 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,894 that are owned free and clear and 4,165 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Obion County filed 13,620 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Tennessee filings and 0.009% of the entire nation. Obion had a combined total federal tax liability of $84,728,000 on earned income of $590,949,000. Other notable statistics from Obion County were 590 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,526,000 and 1,310 charitable contributions valued at $11,209,000. 1,290 filings from Obion County paid a combined total of $1,981,000 in property taxes and 930 filings paid $5,163,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Obion county had 126 religious congregations with an estimated 23,202 members.
15.6% of the Obion population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 16.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 40% of Obion County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 73 votes.
At $38,160 the median income is 74.4% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 673 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Obion, the equivalant of around 5.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Obion County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,439	Manufacturing
1,826	Retail trade
1,528	Food manufacturing
822	Accommodation and food services
739	Restaurants and other eating places
617	Administrative and support services
507	Employment services
442	Limited-service restaurants
423	Wholesale trade
413	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
398	Finance and insurance
305	Credit intermediation and related activities
240	Full-service restaurants
158	Gasoline stations
129	Automobile dealers

In 2018 17.98% of listings in Obion County.

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