The population of Smyth county is estimated at 31,075. In 2017 there were 280 births and 464 deaths in Smyth county. Smyth county has 4,878 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,639 that are owned free and clear and 3,802 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Smyth County filed 12,560 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.3% of all Virginia filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Smyth had a combined total federal tax liability of $67,435,000 on earned income of $509,837,000. Other notable statistics from Smyth County were 610 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,884,000 and 1,190 charitable contributions valued at $6,808,000. 1,350 filings from Smyth County paid a combined total of $2,091,000 in property taxes and 1,080 filings paid $6,336,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Smyth county had 91 religious congregations with an estimated 12,436 members.
14.5% of the Smyth population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 17.0% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 41% of Smyth County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 74 votes.
At $42,008 the median income is 58.7% of the Virginia average. An estimated 706 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Smyth, the equivalant of around 5.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Smyth County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,129	Manufacturing
1,756	Health care and social assistance
1,202	Retail trade
727	Accommodation and food services
578	Wood product manufacturing
459	Ambulatory health care services
424	Limited-service restaurants
362	Food and beverage stores
311	Machinery manufacturing
311	Agriculture, construction, and mining machinery manufacturing
198	Professional, scientific, and technical services
187	Offices of physicians
187	Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists)
184	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
179	Other services (except public administration)

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