Orleans County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,500 84.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,165 5.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,924 4.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 303 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,404 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 159 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 153 0.4%

• Under 18 7,433 18.8%
• 18–24 2,857 7.2%
• 25–44 10,004 25.3%
• 45–64 11,447 28.9%
• 65 and over 7,867 19.9%

Median household income

$68,338

90% interval $65,042–$71,634

−$17,430 vs NY · 42nd of 62

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 8.4%–13.2%

−3.2 pp vs NY · 50th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.25 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,784

Establishments

827

• Education & health services 3,224 28.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,013 17.6%
• Manufacturing 1,442 12.6%
• Natural resources & mining 882 7.7%
• Public administration 862 7.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 787 6.9%
• Professional & business services 548 4.8%
• Construction 360 3.1%
• Other services 254 2.2%
• Financial activities 166 1.5%
• Unclassified 55 0.5%
• Information 30 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 92.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.2%

+22.9 pp vs NY · 14th of 62

Median gross rent

$874

−$747 vs NY · 53rd of 62

Owner-occupied

12,515

Renter-occupied

3,705

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $165,332/yr) pays 7.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,145/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 12,659 70.2%
• Democratic 5,366 29.8%

• Spanish 1,519 4.0%
• German or other West Germanic 654 1.7%
• Chinese 166 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 65 0.2%
• Tagalog 51 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 24 0.1%
• Korean 9 0.0%
• Arabic 8 0.0%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%

Households

16,220

Family households

10,284

63.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,162

21.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,025

10.0% of families

Veterans

2,621

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 6,244 15.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,561 11.3%
• Mainline Protestant 3,632 9.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,360 5.8%
• Black Protestant 510 1.3%

Health insured

93.6%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±1.2 pp

8th of 62

With a disability

16.0%

±1.2 pp

18th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

17.9%

±1.6 pp

−22.3 pp vs NY · 62nd of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.3%

90% interval 5.5%–7.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

17 (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

Albion, Batavia, Belmont, Buffalo, Little Valley, Lockport, Mayville, Warsaw

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

9.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3