Broome County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 156,447 79.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,961 5.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,044 5.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 10,045 5.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 9,083 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 118 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 77 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 603 0.3%

• Under 18 37,690 19.1%
• 18–24 29,035 14.7%
• 25–44 43,858 22.2%
• 45–64 46,759 23.7%
• 65 and over 40,036 20.3%

Median household income

$64,727

90% interval $60,665–$68,789

−$21,041 vs NY · 52nd of 62

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 14.0%–17.8%

+1.9 pp vs NY · 11th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.14 pp vs. state

County GDP

$12.2B

0.52% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,783

Establishments

4,393

• Education & health services 24,486 29.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 17,646 21.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,217 9.8%
• Professional & business services 6,620 7.9%
• Manufacturing 6,462 7.7%
• Construction 3,743 4.5%
• Public administration 3,742 4.5%
• Other services 2,832 3.4%
• Financial activities 2,472 2.9%
• Information 881 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 210 0.3%
• Unclassified 168 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

64.5%

+10.2 pp vs NY · 52nd of 62

Median gross rent

$941

−$680 vs NY · 37th of 62

Owner-occupied

52,920

Renter-occupied

29,085

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $85,249/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,712/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 45,142 50.2%
• Republican 44,763 49.8%

• Spanish 4,028 2.1%
• Chinese 2,296 1.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,652 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,211 0.6%
• Arabic 568 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 420 0.2%
• Vietnamese 411 0.2%
• Korean 282 0.2%
• Tagalog 75 0.0%

Households

82,005

Family households

45,356

55.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

10,357

22.8% of families

Single-mother families

4,587

10.1% of families

Veterans

9,523

6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 48,916 24.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 18,625 9.4%
• Mainline Protestant 14,580 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,591 2.8%
• Orthodox 1,705 0.9%
• Black Protestant 220 0.1%

Health insured

96.6%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

3.4%

±0.4 pp

48th of 62

With a disability

16.1%

±0.7 pp

16th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

31.0%

±1.1 pp

−9.2 pp vs NY · 27th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.3%

90% interval 4.7%–5.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

9 (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

Binghamton, Cooperstown, Cortland, Delhi, Elmira, Ithaca, Norwich, Owego, Wampsville, Watkins Glen

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

6.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9