Oswego County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 107,150 90.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,925 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,074 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 923 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 4,257 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 98 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 516 0.4%

• Under 18 24,276 20.6%
• 18–24 13,070 11.1%
• 25–44 27,542 23.3%
• 45–64 31,882 27.0%
• 65 and over 21,183 18.0%

Median household income

$68,379

90% interval $62,996–$73,762

−$17,389 vs NY · 41st of 62

Below poverty line

15.7%

90% interval 13.5%–17.9%

+1.7 pp vs NY · 12th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

−0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.3B

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$64,290

Establishments

2,297

• Education & health services 8,940 27.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,500 23.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,644 11.2%
• Manufacturing 3,139 9.7%
• Public administration 2,823 8.7%
• Construction 1,451 4.5%
• Professional & business services 1,274 3.9%
• Other services 881 2.7%
• Financial activities 842 2.6%
• Natural resources & mining 369 1.1%
• Information 182 0.6%
• Unclassified 119 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 96.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.4%

+19.1 pp vs NY · 27th of 62

Median gross rent

$967

−$654 vs NY · 33rd of 62

Owner-occupied

34,680

Renter-occupied

12,559

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Manufacturing, $92,531/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,916/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 33,548 62.1%
• Democratic 20,483 37.9%

• Spanish 1,759 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 524 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 395 0.4%
• Arabic 295 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 268 0.2%
• Chinese 167 0.1%
• Vietnamese 114 0.1%
• Tagalog 102 0.1%
• Korean 62 0.1%

Households

47,239

Family households

29,628

62.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,833

23.1% of families

Single-mother families

3,269

11.0% of families

Veterans

7,445

8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 27,519 23.4%
• Mainline Protestant 7,023 6.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,145 5.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,939 1.6%

Health insured

95.8%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

4.2%

±0.5 pp

32nd of 62

With a disability

16.0%

±0.8 pp

19th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

21.6%

±1 pp

−18.6 pp vs NY · 56th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.0%

90% interval 4.4%–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

12

12.81 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11