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Greene County, New York

Republican +17.0 (2024)
County seat
Catskill
Judicial district
3rd Judicial District Supreme Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
47,238
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 47,409.

At a glance

Greene County is a 47,238-person venue. The county population is 85% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $79,124, $6,644 below the NY state median of $85,768; 29.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 23.4% of covered employment, average pay $51,523/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.05%, below the 4.57% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 61% of the vote across the three.

Population
47,409
Median household income
$77,945
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 85% / 5%.

Greene County has a population of 47,409, with a median age of 47.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 84.6%; Black residents 4.7%. Independently, 6.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $79,124; 29.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 39,259 82.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,212 6.8%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,114 4.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 575 1.2%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,987 4.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 229 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 47.4

  • Under 18 7,671 16.2%
  • 18–24 3,216 6.8%
  • 25–44 11,627 24.5%
  • 45–64 13,453 28.4%
  • 65 and over 11,442 24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$79,124
90% interval $74,209–$84,039
−$6,644 vs NY · 19th of 62
Below poverty line
11.3%
90% interval 8.8%–13.8%
−2.7 pp vs NY · 47th of 62

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Service-sector economy

None of the heuristic anchors fired (oil & gas <5%, healthcare/education <20%, manufacturing <15%). Top sector: Trade, transportation & utilities (23.4%).

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 23.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 17.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.05%, below the New York state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
−0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.7B
0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay
$63,853
Establishments
1,386

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,357 23.4%
  • Education & health services 2,559 17.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,556 17.8%
  • Public administration 1,180 8.2%
  • Manufacturing 981 6.8%
  • Professional & business services 632 4.4%
  • Other services 462 3.2%
  • Financial activities 446 3.1%
  • Information 23 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 85.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
77.2%
+22.9 pp vs NY · 13th of 62
Median gross rent
$1,004
−$617 vs NY · 29th of 62
Owner-occupied
14,422
Renter-occupied
4,252

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Compressed wage spread

    Highest-paid sector pays only 2.3× the lowest ($77,484 vs $33,954/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 59%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Greene County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 58.5% in 2024, 56.6% in 2020, 61.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,138 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201661.2%33.8%
202056.6%41.1%
202458.5%41.5%
  • Republican 14,702 58.5%
  • Democratic 10,436 41.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

7.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 7.1% of the adult civilian population (2,834 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

92.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,410 3.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 485 1.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 340 0.7%
  • German or other West Germanic 254 0.6%
  • Chinese 236 0.5%
  • Korean 32 0.1%
  • Arabic 29 0.1%
  • Tagalog 16 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
18,674
Family households
10,970
58.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,280
20.8% of families
Single-mother families
652
5.9% of families
Veterans
2,834
7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

35.0% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 8,946 18.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,685 7.7%
  • Evangelical Protestant 2,273 4.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,430 3.0%
  • Black Protestant 278 0.6%
  • Orthodox 150 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.3%
±0.8 pp
Uninsured
3.7%
±0.8 pp
43rd of 62
With a disability
15.0%
±1.3 pp
31st of 62
Bachelor's or higher
29.9%
±2 pp
−10.3 pp vs NY · 30th of 62
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
5.1%
90% interval 4.5%–5.7% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
3rd Judicial District Supreme Court
Judges
12 (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
Albany, Catskill, Hudson, Kingston, Monticello, Schoharie, Troy

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Greene totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 7 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
7
17.62 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Greene County, New York to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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