Chemung County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 69,004 84.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,085 3.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,226 6.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,271 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,131 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 120 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 303 0.4%

• Under 18 17,169 20.9%
• 18–24 6,566 8.0%
• 25–44 20,305 24.7%
• 45–64 21,414 26.1%
• 65 and over 16,693 20.3%

Median household income

$66,441

90% interval $63,351–$69,531

−$19,327 vs NY · 50th of 62

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 12.2%–16.2%

+0.2 pp vs NY · 20th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.53 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.8B

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,855

Establishments

1,864

• Education & health services 9,926 29.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,370 22.0%
• Manufacturing 4,643 13.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,239 9.7%
• Public administration 2,597 7.8%
• Professional & business services 1,905 5.7%
• Construction 1,375 4.1%
• Financial activities 978 2.9%
• Other services 709 2.1%
• Information 360 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 197 0.6%
• Unclassified 86 0.3%

Home ownership

68.4%

+14.1 pp vs NY · 42nd of 62

Median gross rent

$1,059

−$562 vs NY · 27th of 62

Owner-occupied

24,132

Renter-occupied

11,130

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $104,752/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,952/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 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 21,861 58.4%
• Democratic 15,572 41.6%

• Spanish 1,464 1.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 265 0.3%
• Chinese 249 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 234 0.3%
• Korean 124 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 118 0.2%
• Tagalog 104 0.1%
• Arabic 43 0.1%
• Vietnamese 24 0.0%

Households

35,262

Family households

20,267

57.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,986

24.6% of families

Single-mother families

2,271

11.2% of families

Veterans

5,658

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 16,703 19.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 8,006 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 6,010 7.1%
• Black Protestant 3,670 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,329 1.6%
• Orthodox 135 0.2%

Health insured

95.9%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

4.1%

±0.5 pp

33rd of 62

With a disability

16.5%

±1.1 pp

14th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

27.2%

±1.4 pp

−13.0 pp vs NY · 37th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.5%

90% interval 4.0%–5.0% · 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

9

13.85 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7