The population of Skagit county is estimated at 123,390. In 2017 there were 1,475 births and 1,213 deaths in Skagit county. Skagit county has 21,184 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 9,772 that are owned free and clear and 14,601 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Skagit County filed 59,440 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.7% of all Washington filings and 0.040% of the entire nation. Skagit had a combined total federal tax liability of $571,738,000 on earned income of $3,856,452,000. Other notable statistics from Skagit County were 3,360 unemployment claims which collected a total of $16,739,000 and 13,430 charitable contributions valued at $59,311,000. 16,120 filings from Skagit County paid a combined total of $68,578,000 in property taxes and 13,770 filings paid $126,488,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Skagit county had 136 religious congregations with an estimated 46,497 members.
25.6% of the Skagit population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 10.7% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 29% of Skagit County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 6,546 votes.
At $65,505 the median income is 92.3% of the Washington average. An estimated 3,269 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Skagit, 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 6.4%.

Top 15 Industries in Skagit County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
7,152	Health care and social assistance
6,801	Retail trade
5,269	Manufacturing
4,195	Accommodation and food services
3,271	Food services and drinking places
3,163	Restaurants and other eating places
2,448	Hospitals
2,448	General medical and surgical hospitals
2,296	Ambulatory health care services
1,744	Full-service restaurants
1,525	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,497	General merchandise stores
1,432	Finance and insurance
1,279	Nursing and residential care facilities
1,277	Wholesale trade

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.45% in Skagit County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 98273, 98274, 98233, 98284 and 98221).

In 2018 13.80% of listings in Skagit County (averaging across 5 zip codes; 98233, 98274, 98284, 98221 and 98273) dropped their price.

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