Schoharie County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,662 88.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,209 4.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 381 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 268 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,115 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 50 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 355 1.2%

• Under 18 5,182 17.2%
• 18–24 3,168 10.5%
• 25–44 6,413 21.3%
• 45–64 8,105 27.0%
• 65 and over 7,181 23.9%

Median household income

$69,107

90% interval $61,715–$76,499

−$16,661 vs NY · 39th of 62

Below poverty line

13.2%

90% interval 10.9%–15.5%

−0.8 pp vs NY · 29th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.14 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,317

Establishments

696

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,134 25.1%
• Education & health services 1,130 13.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 796 9.4%
• Construction 555 6.5%
• Financial activities 248 2.9%
• Professional & business services 248 2.9%
• Other services 185 2.2%
• Public administration 8 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 62.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.4%

+22.1 pp vs NY · 18th of 62

Median gross rent

$909

−$712 vs NY · 47th of 62

Owner-occupied

9,824

Renter-occupied

3,037

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% 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 (Financial activities, $106,688/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,422/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 10,423 65.3%
• Democratic 5,547 34.7%

• Spanish 608 2.1%
• German or other West Germanic 380 1.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 109 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 73 0.3%
• Korean 33 0.1%
• Tagalog 28 0.1%

Households

12,861

Family households

7,859

61.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,934

24.6% of families

Single-mother families

561

7.1% of families

Veterans

1,837

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,482 8.4%
• Mainline Protestant 2,223 7.5%
• Catholic 1,844 6.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 778 2.6%
• Orthodox 70 0.2%
• Black Protestant 40 0.1%

Health insured

95.4%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

4.6%

±0.8 pp

27th of 62

With a disability

16.6%

±1.4 pp

13th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

26.2%

±2 pp

−14.0 pp vs NY · 41st of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.1%

90% interval 4.5%–5.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

3rd Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

12 (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

Albany, Catskill, Hudson, Kingston, Monticello, Schoharie, Troy

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

8.04 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2