Ulster County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 132,160 72.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 22,264 12.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,362 5.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,828 2.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 11,579 6.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 62 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 40 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,306 1.3%

• Under 18 31,214 17.1%
• 18–24 16,408 9.0%
• 25–44 45,633 25.0%
• 45–64 50,503 27.7%
• 65 and over 38,843 21.3%

Median household income

$85,977

90% interval $81,153–$90,801

+$209 vs NY · 11th of 62

Below poverty line

12.7%

90% interval 11.2%–14.2%

−1.3 pp vs NY · 33rd of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.77 pp vs. state

County GDP

$10.5B

0.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,421

Establishments

5,834

• Education & health services 14,829 24.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 11,708 19.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 8,657 14.3%
• Professional & business services 4,279 7.1%
• Public administration 4,077 6.7%
• Manufacturing 3,408 5.6%
• Construction 2,944 4.9%
• Other services 2,246 3.7%
• Financial activities 1,954 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 1,110 1.8%
• Information 926 1.5%
• Unclassified 344 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 93.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.9%

+15.6 pp vs NY · 38th of 62

Median gross rent

$1,425

−$196 vs NY · 13th of 62

Owner-occupied

51,924

Renter-occupied

22,354

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.5× the lowest ($85,294 vs $34,474/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 57,974 59.3%
• Republican 39,743 40.7%

• Spanish 12,361 7.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,247 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 980 0.6%
• Chinese 808 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 694 0.4%
• Vietnamese 416 0.2%
• Arabic 234 0.1%
• Korean 197 0.1%
• Tagalog 120 0.1%

Households

74,278

Family households

42,764

57.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,880

23.1% of families

Single-mother families

3,487

8.2% of families

Veterans

6,469

4.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 38,601 21.2%
• Mainline Protestant 11,005 6.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,838 4.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,785 2.6%
• Black Protestant 1,770 1.0%
• Orthodox 430 0.2%

Health insured

93.1%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

6.9%

±0.8 pp

6th of 62

With a disability

14.3%

±0.7 pp

40th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

38.2%

±1.3 pp

−2.0 pp vs NY · 15th of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.4%

90% interval 5.7%–7.1% · 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

23

15.19 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

21