Oneida County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 180,278 78.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,197 7.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13,128 5.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 9,841 4.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 8,177 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 292 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 167 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,044 0.5%

• Under 18 49,023 21.4%
• 18–24 21,038 9.2%
• 25–44 55,289 24.1%
• 45–64 58,344 25.5%
• 65 and over 45,430 19.8%

Median household income

$72,137

90% interval $68,609–$75,665

−$13,631 vs NY · 28th of 62

Below poverty line

16.7%

90% interval 14.9%–18.5%

+2.7 pp vs NY · 9th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

−0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$14.7B

0.63% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,689

Establishments

5,290

• Education & health services 31,311 30.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 17,355 17.1%
• Manufacturing 9,568 9.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,113 8.0%
• Professional & business services 7,747 7.6%
• Public administration 5,498 5.4%
• Financial activities 4,919 4.8%
• Other services 2,706 2.7%
• Construction 2,391 2.4%
• Information 692 0.7%
• Natural resources & mining 421 0.4%
• Unclassified 278 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 89.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.7%

+13.4 pp vs NY · 45th of 62

Median gross rent

$944

−$677 vs NY · 35th of 62

Owner-occupied

64,435

Renter-occupied

30,785

• 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 (Financial activities, $83,785/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,339/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 60,687 60.6%
• Democratic 39,415 39.4%

• Spanish 7,916 3.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6,917 3.2%
• Arabic 1,385 0.6%
• Chinese 959 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 812 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 465 0.2%
• Vietnamese 465 0.2%
• Korean 238 0.1%
• Tagalog 166 0.1%

Households

95,220

Family households

57,675

60.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

14,006

24.3% of families

Single-mother families

6,472

11.2% of families

Veterans

12,099

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 77,564 33.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 17,054 7.3%
• Mainline Protestant 16,108 6.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 10,575 4.6%
• Black Protestant 1,440 0.6%
• Orthodox 175 0.1%

Health insured

96.7%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

3.3%

±0.3 pp

52nd of 62

With a disability

15.6%

±0.6 pp

27th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

27.8%

±0.9 pp

−12.4 pp vs NY · 34th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.1%

90% interval 4.6%–5.6% · 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

16

8.88 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

16