Putnam County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 69,562 70.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,656 20.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,702 2.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,211 2.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,962 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 86 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 25 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 903 0.9%

• Under 18 19,033 19.4%
• 18–24 7,639 7.8%
• 25–44 23,623 24.1%
• 45–64 28,902 29.5%
• 65 and over 18,910 19.3%

Median household income

$120,898

90% interval $110,847–$130,949

+$35,130 vs NY · 3rd of 62

Below poverty line

6.8%

90% interval 5.6%–8.0%

−7.2 pp vs NY · 60th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−1.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.5B

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$69,372

Establishments

3,291

• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,304 19.7%
• Education & health services 5,152 19.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,728 10.1%
• Construction 2,616 9.7%
• Professional & business services 2,535 9.4%
• Other services 1,332 5.0%
• Manufacturing 1,065 4.0%
• Financial activities 802 3.0%
• Information 441 1.6%
• Unclassified 242 0.9%
• Public administration 177 0.7%
• Natural resources & mining 98 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 83.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

83.8%

+29.5 pp vs NY · 1st of 62

Median gross rent

$1,775

+$154 vs NY · 8th of 62

Owner-occupied

29,778

Renter-occupied

5,767

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $142,353/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $32,762/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 31,553 56.8%
• Democratic 23,956 43.2%

• Spanish 12,395 13.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,268 1.4%
• Chinese 637 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 526 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 491 0.5%
• Arabic 363 0.4%
• Tagalog 328 0.4%
• Korean 111 0.1%
• Vietnamese 22 0.0%

Households

35,545

Family households

26,187

73.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,240

31.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,486

5.7% of families

Veterans

3,416

4.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 41,818 42.8%
• Mainline Protestant 2,768 2.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,690 1.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 774 0.8%
• Orthodox 200 0.2%

Health insured

96.4%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

3.6%

±0.5 pp

45th of 62

With a disability

10.1%

±0.8 pp

60th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

45.5%

±1.7 pp

+5.3 pp vs NY · 6th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.3%

90% interval 3.8%–4.8% · 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

9

11.38 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9