Suffolk County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 948,898 62.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 348,579 22.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 106,126 6.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 67,617 4.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 45,561 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,247 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 120 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 10,998 0.7%

• Under 18 317,899 20.8%
• 18–24 136,598 8.9%
• 25–44 370,573 24.2%
• 45–64 431,038 28.2%
• 65 and over 274,038 17.9%

Median household income

$125,969

90% interval $123,219–$128,719

+$40,201 vs NY · 2nd of 62

Below poverty line

6.7%

90% interval 6.0%–7.4%

−7.3 pp vs NY · 61st of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.82 pp vs. state

County GDP

$139.0B

5.99% of state

Avg. annual pay

$81,119

Establishments

55,878

• Education & health services 190,870 27.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 141,362 20.5%
• Professional & business services 94,441 13.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 68,208 9.9%
• Manufacturing 50,030 7.3%
• Construction 46,944 6.8%
• Public administration 30,051 4.4%
• Financial activities 28,382 4.1%
• Other services 23,596 3.4%
• Information 8,846 1.3%
• Unclassified 4,146 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 2,724 0.4%

Home ownership

82.2%

+27.9 pp vs NY · 3rd of 62

Median gross rent

$2,255

+$634 vs NY · 1st of 62

Owner-occupied

421,146

Renter-occupied

91,419

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $186,059/yr) pays 5.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $36,631/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 417,549 55.0%
• Democratic 341,812 45.0%

• Spanish 233,758 16.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16,420 1.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 15,651 1.1%
• Chinese 12,839 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 5,539 0.4%
• Korean 3,435 0.2%
• Arabic 2,926 0.2%
• Tagalog 2,887 0.2%
• Vietnamese 782 0.1%

Households

512,565

Family households

370,597

72.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

109,846

29.6% of families

Single-mother families

20,736

5.6% of families

Veterans

48,220

4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 837,694 54.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 64,957 4.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 55,526 3.6%
• Mainline Protestant 48,650 3.2%
• Black Protestant 11,020 0.7%
• Orthodox 6,772 0.4%

Health insured

95.3%

±0.2 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±0.2 pp

26th of 62

With a disability

10.5%

±0.2 pp

59th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

40.2%

±0.5 pp

+0.0 pp vs NY · 12th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.2%

90% interval 4.8%–5.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

10th Judicial District Supreme Court

Judges

33 (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

Mineola, Riverhead

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

120

9.9 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

110