The population of Cowlitz county is estimated at 104,756. In 2017 there were 1,278 births and 1,129 deaths in Cowlitz county. Cowlitz county has 18,152 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 8,325 that are owned free and clear and 13,767 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Cowlitz County filed 47,040 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.3% of all Washington filings and 0.032% of the entire nation. Cowlitz had a combined total federal tax liability of $368,715,000 on earned income of $2,620,448,000. Other notable statistics from Cowlitz County were 2,810 unemployment claims which collected a total of $12,585,000 and 8,290 charitable contributions valued at $35,022,000. 10,260 filings from Cowlitz County paid a combined total of $31,029,000 in property taxes and 9,140 filings paid $74,233,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Cowlitz county had 118 religious congregations with an estimated 35,680 members.
16.1% of the Cowlitz population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.5% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 36% of Cowlitz County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 2,857 votes.
At $50,617 the median income is 71.3% of the Washington average. An estimated 2,786 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Cowlitz, the equivalant of around 6.1% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 7.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Cowlitz County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
5,722	Manufacturing
5,444	Health care and social assistance
4,644	Retail trade
2,796	Accommodation and food services
2,541	Food services and drinking places
2,423	Restaurants and other eating places
2,138	Ambulatory health care services
1,964	Paper manufacturing
1,829	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
1,663	Administrative and support services
1,344	General merchandise stores
1,292	Full-service restaurants
1,225	Employment services
1,225	Temporary help services
1,039	Other general merchandise stores

In 2018 the average price reduction was 3.40% in Cowlitz County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 98626, 98674 and 98632).

In 2018 17.07% of listings in Cowlitz County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 98632, 98674, 98626 and 98625) dropped their price.

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