Delaware County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 39,673 89.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,179 4.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 344 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 400 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,666 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 68 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 157 0.4%

• Under 18 7,074 15.9%
• 18–24 4,207 9.5%
• 25–44 9,099 20.5%
• 45–64 12,360 27.8%
• 65 and over 11,747 26.4%

Median household income

$63,958

90% interval $57,987–$69,929

−$21,810 vs NY · 54th of 62

Below poverty line

12.7%

90% interval 10.2%–15.2%

−1.3 pp vs NY · 31st of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.1B

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$68,172

Establishments

1,251

• Manufacturing 2,903 20.5%
• Education & health services 1,928 13.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,873 13.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,072 7.6%
• Construction 576 4.1%
• Other services 533 3.8%
• Financial activities 468 3.3%
• Professional & business services 399 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 247 1.7%
• Information 247 1.7%
• Unclassified 96 0.7%
• Public administration 21 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 73.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.3%

+23.0 pp vs NY · 11th of 62

Median gross rent

$880

−$741 vs NY · 51st of 62

Owner-occupied

14,835

Renter-occupied

4,368

• 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 (Manufacturing, $108,743/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,744/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 13,789 59.9%
• Democratic 9,237 40.1%

• Spanish 978 2.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 441 1.0%
• German or other West Germanic 415 1.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 116 0.3%
• Tagalog 66 0.2%
• Chinese 55 0.1%
• Arabic 31 0.1%
• Korean 18 0.0%

Households

19,203

Family households

11,658

60.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,634

22.6% of families

Single-mother families

903

7.7% of families

Veterans

2,401

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 5,150 11.6%
• Catholic 3,605 8.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,895 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,508 3.4%

Health insured

95.0%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.0%

±0.9 pp

20th of 62

With a disability

17.6%

±1.1 pp

7th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

27.6%

±1.6 pp

−12.6 pp vs NY · 36th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.8%

90% interval 5.1%–6.5% · 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

13

34.75 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11