The population of Starr county is estimated at 63,931. In 2017 there were 1,266 births and 400 deaths in Starr county. Starr county has 2,806 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 10,452 that are owned free and clear and 3,743 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Starr County filed 24,440 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all Texas filings and 0.016% of the entire nation. Starr had a combined total federal tax liability of $133,660,000 on earned income of $784,682,000. Other notable statistics from Starr County were 3,910 unemployment claims which collected a total of $21,267,000 and 2,400 charitable contributions valued at $6,540,000. 1,950 filings from Starr County paid a combined total of $5,525,000 in property taxes and 1,350 filings paid $7,042,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Starr county had 47 religious congregations with an estimated 30,462 members.
9.7% of the Starr population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 51.2% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

About 18% of Starr County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 168 votes.
At $28,377 the median income is 47.9% of the Texas average. An estimated 3,040 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Starr, the equivalant of around 11.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 13.3%.

Top 15 Industries in Starr County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,009	Health care and social assistance
2,888	Social assistance
2,844	Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities
1,735	Retail trade
1,545	Ambulatory health care services
977	Home health care services
648	Accommodation and food services
634	Food services and drinking places
634	Restaurants and other eating places
456	Grocery stores
451	Other general merchandise stores
451	General merchandise stores
443	Limited-service restaurants
400	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
319	Finance and insurance

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