Yates County, New York

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,974 93.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 637 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 200 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 209 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 455 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 38 0.2%

• Under 18 5,445 22.2%
• 18–24 2,225 9.1%
• 25–44 5,200 21.2%
• 45–64 6,113 24.9%
• 65 and over 5,543 22.6%

Median household income

$70,635

90% interval $64,372–$76,898

−$15,133 vs NY · 34th of 62

Below poverty line

12.6%

90% interval 9.7%–15.5%

−1.4 pp vs NY · 37th of 62

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−1.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,165

Establishments

688

• Education & health services 1,598 21.9%
• Manufacturing 1,285 17.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,015 13.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 686 9.4%
• Professional & business services 353 4.8%
• Financial activities 253 3.5%
• Other services 223 3.1%
• Public administration 8 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 74.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.2%

+22.9 pp vs NY · 15th of 62

Median gross rent

$834

−$787 vs NY · 56th of 62

Owner-occupied

7,326

Renter-occupied

2,164

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 53% 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 (Professional & business services, $105,912/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,042/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 6,098 58.1%
• Democratic 4,401 41.9%

• German or other West Germanic 3,400 14.8%
• Spanish 352 1.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 79 0.3%
• Chinese 69 0.3%
• Arabic 59 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 25 0.1%

Households

9,490

Family households

6,231

65.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,752

28.1% of families

Single-mother families

264

4.2% of families

Veterans

1,343

7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 2,896 11.7%
• Mainline Protestant 2,866 11.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,815 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 777 3.1%

Health insured

80.3%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

19.7%

±2.3 pp

1st of 62

With a disability

11.5%

±1 pp

55th of 62

Bachelor's or higher

25.5%

±1.8 pp

−14.7 pp vs NY · 43rd of 62

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.7%

90% interval 10.3%–13.1% · 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

6

31.44 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5