Schenectady County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 108,587 67.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,270 8.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 15,384 9.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,840 4.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 12,231 7.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 234 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 39 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,784 1.7%

• Under 18 34,413 21.5%
• 18–24 15,255 9.5%
• 25–44 41,995 26.2%
• 45–64 40,076 25.0%
• 65 and over 28,630 17.9%

Median household income

$79,899

90% interval $75,334–$84,464

−$5,869 vs NY · 18th of 62

Below poverty line

12.6%

90% interval 10.9%–14.3%

−1.4 pp vs NY · 36th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.57 pp vs. state

County GDP

$12.3B

0.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$75,694

Establishments

3,506

• Education & health services 16,426 27.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 11,223 18.6%
• Professional & business services 8,546 14.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,506 9.1%
• Manufacturing 5,099 8.5%
• Financial activities 2,895 4.8%
• Public administration 2,533 4.2%
• Construction 2,463 4.1%
• Other services 1,628 2.7%
• Information 980 1.6%
• Unclassified 213 0.4%
• Natural resources & mining 112 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 95.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

64.0%

+9.7 pp vs NY · 53rd of 62

Median gross rent

$1,194

−$427 vs NY · 20th of 62

Owner-occupied

42,844

Renter-occupied

24,058

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Professional & business services, $129,076/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $35,573/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 39,733 55.4%
• Republican 31,975 44.6%

• Spanish 5,868 3.9%
• Chinese 1,092 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 790 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 459 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 455 0.3%
• Tagalog 405 0.3%
• Vietnamese 243 0.2%
• Korean 215 0.1%
• Arabic 156 0.1%

Households

66,902

Family households

38,718

57.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

10,639

27.5% of families

Single-mother families

3,986

10.3% of families

Veterans

6,724

5.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 33,069 20.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,303 5.3%
• Mainline Protestant 7,483 4.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,373 3.4%
• Black Protestant 1,200 0.8%
• Orthodox 333 0.2%

Health insured

96.9%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

3.1%

±0.4 pp

58th of 62

With a disability

13.1%

±0.8 pp

48th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

36.1%

±1.4 pp

−4.1 pp vs NY · 21st of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.9%

90% interval 4.3%–5.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

4th 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

Ballston Spa, Canton, Elizabethtown, Fonda, Fort Edward, Johnstown, Lake Pleasant, Malone, Plattsburgh, Queensbury, Schenectady

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

17

13.5 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

14