Orange County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 235,383 57.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 97,218 23.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 42,597 10.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 11,530 2.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 16,400 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 364 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 25 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,099 0.8%

• Under 18 104,187 25.6%
• 18–24 41,442 10.2%
• 25–44 99,154 24.4%
• 45–64 102,298 25.2%
• 65 and over 59,535 14.6%

Median household income

$94,789

90% interval $91,102–$98,476

+$9,021 vs NY · 10th of 62

Below poverty line

12.0%

90% interval 10.3%–13.7%

−2.0 pp vs NY · 41st of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.53 pp vs. state

County GDP

$27.7B

1.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,867

Establishments

11,864

• Education & health services 43,113 27.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 40,527 26.2%
• Professional & business services 15,527 10.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 14,681 9.5%
• Manufacturing 7,912 5.1%
• Construction 7,592 4.9%
• Public administration 6,981 4.5%
• Other services 6,528 4.2%
• Financial activities 4,404 2.8%
• Information 2,136 1.4%
• Natural resources & mining 1,609 1.0%
• Unclassified 844 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 98.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.8%

+13.5 pp vs NY · 44th of 62

Median gross rent

$1,680

+$59 vs NY · 10th of 62

Owner-occupied

94,002

Renter-occupied

44,606

• 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, $88,986/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,661/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 94,936 54.2%
• Democratic 80,253 45.8%

• Spanish 57,433 15.1%
• German or other West Germanic 33,799 8.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,966 1.0%
• Chinese 3,117 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3,031 0.8%
• Arabic 1,039 0.3%
• Tagalog 969 0.3%
• Korean 466 0.1%
• Vietnamese 314 0.1%

Households

138,608

Family households

97,711

70.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

34,148

34.9% of families

Single-mother families

7,088

7.3% of families

Veterans

15,541

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 99,928 24.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 48,281 12.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 13,832 3.4%
• Mainline Protestant 13,314 3.3%
• Black Protestant 1,515 0.4%
• Orthodox 590 0.1%

Health insured

95.3%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±0.4 pp

25th of 62

With a disability

11.6%

±0.4 pp

52nd of 62

Bachelor's or higher

32.5%

±0.9 pp

−7.7 pp vs NY · 26th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.4%

90% interval 4.9%–5.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

18 (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

Carmel Hamlet, Goshen, New City, Poughkeepsie, White Plains

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

39

12.9 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

38