Chautauqua County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 105,033 83.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,039 9.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,670 2.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 876 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,259 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 161 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 71 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 435 0.3%

• Under 18 25,803 20.6%
• 18–24 11,499 9.2%
• 25–44 28,256 22.5%
• 45–64 33,069 26.3%
• 65 and over 26,917 21.4%

Median household income

$60,051

90% interval $55,611–$64,491

−$25,717 vs NY · 61st of 62

Below poverty line

18.7%

90% interval 16.5%–20.9%

+4.7 pp vs NY · 4th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.3B

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,771

Establishments

3,168

• Education & health services 11,896 25.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,165 17.8%
• Manufacturing 7,782 16.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,110 11.1%
• Professional & business services 3,044 6.6%
• Public administration 2,793 6.1%
• Construction 1,718 3.7%
• Other services 1,548 3.4%
• Financial activities 1,076 2.3%
• Natural resources & mining 643 1.4%
• Information 467 1.0%
• Unclassified 141 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 96.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.9%

+14.6 pp vs NY · 41st of 62

Median gross rent

$812

−$809 vs NY · 59th of 62

Owner-occupied

36,762

Renter-occupied

16,631

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Manufacturing, $69,480/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,882/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 34,528 61.0%
• Democratic 22,085 39.0%

• Spanish 6,361 5.3%
• German or other West Germanic 2,696 2.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 237 0.2%
• Chinese 232 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 177 0.1%
• Vietnamese 129 0.1%
• Arabic 83 0.1%
• Korean 16 0.0%
• Tagalog 16 0.0%

Households

53,393

Family households

32,234

60.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,008

21.7% of families

Single-mother families

3,620

11.2% of families

Veterans

7,295

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 20,894 16.4%
• Mainline Protestant 11,825 9.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 11,599 9.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,702 2.1%
• Black Protestant 626 0.5%
• Orthodox 170 0.1%

Health insured

94.7%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.3%

±0.7 pp

16th of 62

With a disability

17.8%

±0.9 pp

2nd of 62

Bachelor's or higher

25.1%

±1.2 pp

−15.1 pp vs NY · 47th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.0%

90% interval 5.3%–6.7% · 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

12

12.03 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12