The population of Putnam county is estimated at 56,692. In 2017 there were 584 births and 590 deaths in Putnam county. Putnam county has 11,232 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 6,943 that are owned free and clear and 3,806 that are renter occupied.

  The upstanding residents of Putnam County filed 25,510 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 3.3% of all West Virginia filings and 0.017% of the entire nation. Putnam had a combined total federal tax liability of $251,650,000 on earned income of $1,635,481,000. Other notable statistics from Putnam County were 1,220 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,284,000 and 5,120 charitable contributions valued at $25,957,000. 6,260 filings from Putnam County paid a combined total of $12,059,000 in property taxes and 5,640 filings paid $40,076,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Putnam county had 74 religious congregations with an estimated 17,905 members.
24.9% of the Putnam population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 8.1% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 43% of Putnam County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 942 votes.
At $59,815 the median income is 138.3% of the West Virginia average. An estimated 1,223 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Putnam, the equivalant of around 4.7% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 4.9%.

Top 15 Industries in Putnam County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,359	Retail trade
1,989	Manufacturing
1,535	Accommodation and food services
1,415	Restaurants and other eating places
1,037	Professional, scientific, and technical services
1,002	Limited-service restaurants
909	Transportation and warehousing
906	Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
823	Administrative and support services
786	Merchant wholesalers, durable goods
619	Ambulatory health care services
543	General merchandise stores
505	Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
471	Finance and insurance
418	Other services (except public administration)

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.85% in Putnam County.

In 2018 14.92% of listings in Putnam County (averaging across 2 zip codes; 25560 and 25526) dropped their price.

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