Jefferson County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 92,228 80.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,657 7.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4,981 4.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,159 1.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,279 5.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 131 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 271 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 334 0.3%

• Under 18 27,653 24.0%
• 18–24 13,304 11.6%
• 25–44 32,914 28.6%
• 45–64 23,788 20.7%
• 65 and over 17,381 15.1%

Median household income

$69,193

90% interval $64,561–$73,825

−$16,575 vs NY · 38th of 62

Below poverty line

13.5%

90% interval 11.4%–15.6%

−0.5 pp vs NY · 24th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.3B

0.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,625

Establishments

2,885

• Education & health services 12,586 31.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,937 22.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,343 10.7%
• Public administration 3,790 9.3%
• Professional & business services 2,263 5.6%
• Manufacturing 1,743 4.3%
• Construction 1,737 4.3%
• Other services 1,395 3.4%
• Financial activities 1,328 3.3%
• Natural resources & mining 696 1.7%
• Information 361 0.9%
• Unclassified 127 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 96.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

54.7%

+0.4 pp vs NY · 57th of 62

Median gross rent

$1,213

−$408 vs NY · 19th of 62

Owner-occupied

26,018

Renter-occupied

21,588

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Financial activities, $73,343/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,885/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 26,417 61.8%
• Democratic 16,326 38.2%

• Spanish 4,047 3.8%
• German or other West Germanic 1,138 1.1%
• Korean 583 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 450 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 341 0.3%
• Tagalog 302 0.3%
• Chinese 178 0.2%
• Vietnamese 129 0.1%
• Arabic 32 0.0%

Households

47,606

Family households

30,630

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,447

30.8% of families

Single-mother families

2,870

9.4% of families

Veterans

9,861

12.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 20,448 17.5%
• Mainline Protestant 6,662 5.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,565 3.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,650 2.3%
• Black Protestant 126 0.1%
• Orthodox 60 0.1%

Health insured

94.5%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±0.7 pp

14th of 62

With a disability

14.9%

±0.9 pp

33rd of 62

Bachelor's or higher

26.5%

±1.3 pp

−13.7 pp vs NY · 38th 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.

Trial court

5th 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

Herkimer, Lowville, Oswego, Syracuse, Utica, Watertown

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

9.15 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8