Franklin County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 38,925 83.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,350 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,580 3.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 314 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 905 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,269 7.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 37 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 316 0.7%

• Under 18 9,302 19.9%
• 18–24 3,736 8.0%
• 25–44 12,109 25.9%
• 45–64 12,429 26.6%
• 65 and over 9,120 19.5%

Median household income

$63,460

90% interval $57,070–$69,850

−$22,308 vs NY · 55th of 62

Below poverty line

18.0%

90% interval 15.8%–20.2%

+4.0 pp vs NY · 6th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.7B

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$72,017

Establishments

1,098

• Education & health services 5,991 34.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,245 12.8%
• Public administration 1,769 10.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,456 8.3%
• Professional & business services 826 4.7%
• Construction 590 3.4%
• Other services 380 2.2%
• Financial activities 337 1.9%
• Information 28 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 77.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.5%

+18.2 pp vs NY · 29th of 62

Median gross rent

$843

−$778 vs NY · 54th of 62

Owner-occupied

14,151

Renter-occupied

5,363

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% 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 (Education & health services, $74,214/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Information, $23,271/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 10,569 54.5%
• Democratic 8,821 45.5%

• Spanish 768 1.7%
• German or other West Germanic 751 1.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 251 0.6%
• Chinese 85 0.2%
• Tagalog 56 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 34 0.1%
• Arabic 11 0.0%
• Korean 6 0.0%

Households

19,514

Family households

12,079

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,686

22.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,300

10.8% of families

Veterans

2,731

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 19,038 40.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,068 4.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,049 4.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 948 2.0%

Health insured

94.3%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±0.9 pp

12th of 62

With a disability

18.2%

±1.2 pp

1st of 62

Bachelor's or higher

23.8%

±1.8 pp

−16.4 pp vs NY · 50th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.5%

90% interval 4.9%–6.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

13 (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

Ballston Spa, Canton, Elizabethtown, Fonda, Fort Edward, Johnstown, Lake Pleasant, Malone, Plattsburgh, Queensbury, Schenectady

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

8.02 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3