Steuben County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 84,645 91.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,855 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,513 1.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,513 1.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,668 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 62 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 332 0.4%

• Under 18 19,920 21.5%
• 18–24 6,672 7.2%
• 25–44 21,809 23.6%
• 45–64 24,925 26.9%
• 65 and over 19,262 20.8%

Median household income

$68,152

90% interval $62,994–$73,310

−$17,616 vs NY · 43rd of 62

Below poverty line

14.5%

90% interval 12.7%–16.3%

+0.5 pp vs NY · 19th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.8B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$77,182

Establishments

2,146

• Education & health services 10,315 29.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,667 16.4%
• Professional & business services 5,035 14.6%
• Manufacturing 3,952 11.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,267 9.5%
• Public administration 1,803 5.2%
• Financial activities 1,012 2.9%
• Other services 999 2.9%
• Construction 617 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 583 1.7%
• Information 387 1.1%
• Unclassified 96 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 97.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.3%

+19.0 pp vs NY · 28th of 62

Median gross rent

$894

−$727 vs NY · 50th of 62

Owner-occupied

28,738

Renter-occupied

10,481

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Professional & business services, $189,799/yr) pays 6.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,087/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 29,777 65.9%
• Democratic 15,413 34.1%

• German or other West Germanic 1,694 1.9%
• Spanish 838 1.0%
• Chinese 428 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 295 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 263 0.3%
• Arabic 193 0.2%
• Korean 113 0.1%
• Tagalog 53 0.1%

Households

39,219

Family households

24,523

62.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,364

26.0% of families

Single-mother families

2,134

8.7% of families

Veterans

6,466

8.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,357 14.3%
• Catholic 12,574 13.4%
• Mainline Protestant 6,956 7.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,344 2.5%
• Orthodox 60 0.1%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.6 pp

24th of 62

With a disability

15.6%

±0.6 pp

28th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

26.3%

±1.1 pp

−13.9 pp vs NY · 40th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.2%

90% interval 4.6%–5.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

14 (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

Auburn, Bath, Canandaigua, Geneseo, Lyons, Penn Yan, Rochester, Waterloo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

5.5 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4