Allegany County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 43,736 92.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,037 2.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 696 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 644 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 921 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 62 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 55 0.1%

• Under 18 9,242 19.6%
• 18–24 8,195 17.4%
• 25–44 9,174 19.5%
• 45–64 11,092 23.5%
• 65 and over 9,456 20.1%

Median household income

$61,154

90% interval $57,300–$65,008

−$24,614 vs NY · 60th of 62

Below poverty line

16.4%

90% interval 14.0%–18.8%

+2.4 pp vs NY · 10th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.38 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.0B

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,827

Establishments

906

• Education & health services 3,132 23.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,626 12.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,580 11.7%
• Manufacturing 1,236 9.1%
• Professional & business services 457 3.4%
• Other services 427 3.2%
• Financial activities 343 2.5%
• Construction 331 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 191 1.4%
• Information 84 0.6%
• Unclassified 66 0.5%
• Public administration 12 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 70.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.3%

+25.0 pp vs NY · 7th of 62

Median gross rent

$763

−$858 vs NY · 62nd of 62

Owner-occupied

14,038

Renter-occupied

3,672

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 47% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $119,719/yr) pays 5.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,627/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 13,826 71.6%
• Democratic 5,483 28.4%

• German or other West Germanic 877 2.0%
• Spanish 521 1.2%
• Chinese 177 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 90 0.2%
• Tagalog 57 0.1%
• Arabic 55 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 53 0.1%
• Korean 39 0.1%
• Vietnamese 33 0.1%

Households

17,710

Family households

10,959

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,646

24.1% of families

Single-mother families

888

8.1% of families

Veterans

2,979

7.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,661 16.5%
• Catholic 4,224 9.1%
• Mainline Protestant 3,053 6.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 414 0.9%

Health insured

94.8%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±0.9 pp

17th of 62

With a disability

16.7%

±0.9 pp

12th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

24.9%

±1.5 pp

−15.3 pp vs NY · 48th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.4%

90% interval 4.7%–6.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

8th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

17 (Elected Supreme Court Justices per Judicial District (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction). Excludes Acting Supreme Court Justices designated from lower courts (would roughly double the bench in NYC + Long Island). Vintage 2026 nycourts.gov + Judiciary Law § 140-a; counts are approximate and shift with vacancies/redistributions.)

Court seats

Albion, Batavia, Belmont, Buffalo, Little Valley, Lockport, Mayville, Warsaw

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

21.1 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6