The population of Whitman county is estimated at 48,528. In 2017 there were 443 births and 256 deaths in Whitman county. Whitman county has 4,788 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 3,114 that are owned free and clear and 9,566 that are renter occupied.

  The residents of Whitman County filed 17,280 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.5% of all Washington filings and 0.012% of the entire nation. Whitman had a combined total federal tax liability of $127,015,000 on earned income of $944,430,000. Other notable statistics from Whitman County were 340 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,525,000 and 2,480 charitable contributions valued at $19,422,000. 2,730 filings from Whitman County paid a combined total of $10,327,000 in property taxes and 2,220 filings paid $17,394,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Whitman county had 74 religious congregations with an estimated 13,442 members.
48.4% of the Whitman population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 4.6% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 17% of Whitman County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents a decrease from the 2012 election by 6,551 votes.
At $44,913 the median income is 63.3% of the Washington average. An estimated 1,039 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Whitman, the equivalant of around 4.4% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.0%.

Top 15 Industries in Whitman County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,136	Manufacturing
1,463	Accommodation and food services
1,331	Retail trade
194	Real estate and rental and leasing
177	Real estate
101	Repair and maintenance
84	Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
84	Farm and garden machinery and equipment merchant wholesalers
78	Home health care services
62	Gasoline stations with convenience stores
22	Other personal care services
19	Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
18	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
17	Rental and leasing services
17	Offices of optometrists

In 2018 10.45% of listings in Whitman County.

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