The population of Polk county is estimated at 43,297. In 2017 there were 407 births and 423 deaths in Polk county. Polk county has 9,895 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,290 that are owned free and clear and 3,819 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Polk County filed 21,930 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.8% of all Wisconsin filings and 0.015% of the entire nation. Polk had a combined total federal tax liability of $152,376,000 on earned income of $1,152,665,000. Other notable statistics from Polk County were 1,400 unemployment claims which collected a total of $6,414,000 and 5,450 charitable contributions valued at $16,594,000. 6,470 filings from Polk County paid a combined total of $24,601,000 in property taxes and 5,440 filings paid $32,704,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Polk county had 85 religious congregations with an estimated 20,937 members.
19.8% of the Polk population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.9% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 52% of Polk County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 197 votes.
At $55,180 the median income is 93.1% of the Wisconsin average. An estimated 945 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Polk, the equivalant of around 3.8% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.6%.

Top 15 Industries in Polk County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,117	Manufacturing
2,477	Health care and social assistance
1,889	Retail trade
1,108	Accommodation and food services
988	Food services and drinking places
985	Hospitals
985	General medical and surgical hospitals
985	General medical and surgical hospitals, except government
850	Restaurants and other eating places
641	Nursing and residential care facilities
620	Ambulatory health care services
591	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
580	Plastics and rubber products manufacturing
475	Food and beverage stores
465	Wholesale trade

In 2018 18.11% of listings in Polk County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 54001 and 54020) dropped their price.

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