The population of Putnam county is estimated at 76,123. In 2017 there were 906 births and 771 deaths in Putnam county. Putnam county has 10,500 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 7,435 that are owned free and clear and 10,995 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Putnam County filed 32,020 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.1% of all Tennessee filings and 0.021% of the entire nation. Putnam had a combined total federal tax liability of $271,170,000 on earned income of $1,670,955,000. Other notable statistics from Putnam County were 690 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,078,000 and 4,190 charitable contributions valued at $39,919,000. 4,410 filings from Putnam County paid a combined total of $9,877,000 in property taxes and 3,620 filings paid $24,975,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Putnam county had 152 religious congregations with an estimated 39,571 members.
24.8% of the Putnam population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 14.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 35% of Putnam County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 1,479 votes.
At $42,437 the median income is 82.7% of the Tennessee average. An estimated 1,277 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Putnam, the equivalant of around 3.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Putnam County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,719	Health care and social assistance
4,782	Retail trade
4,301	Manufacturing
3,666	Accommodation and food services
3,409	Food services and drinking places
3,124	Restaurants and other eating places
1,702	Ambulatory health care services
1,634	Full-service restaurants
1,302	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,302	Administrative and support services
1,302	Limited-service restaurants
1,267	General merchandise stores
1,150	Wholesale trade
1,088	Finance and insurance
961	Nursing and residential care facilities

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.44% in Putnam County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 38574, 38501 and 38506).

In 2018 12.48% of listings in Putnam County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 38544, 38501, 38506 and 38574) dropped their price.

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