Cattaraugus County, New York (NY)

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• • 69,36382.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,2552.7%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 1,6251.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1,5671.9%Two or more races
  • 1,2151.4%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 6620.8%Asian alone
  • 560.07%Some other race alone

Mean price in 2018:

Detached houses: $119,968

Here:	$119,968
State:	$379,096

Townhouses or other attached units: $200,198

Here:	$200,198
State:	$624,442

In 2-unit structures: $52,807

Here:	$52,807
State:	$636,971

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $2,721,551

Here:	$2,721,551
State:	$757,649

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $124,599

Here:	$124,599
State:	$872,911

Mobile homes: $43,177

Here:	$43,177
State:	$72,118

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 8
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 48
• Burglaries: 147
• Thefts: 285
• Auto thefts: 32

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 26
• Burglaries: 129
• Thefts: 245
• Auto thefts: 29

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2018: $2,912 (3.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2018: $2,408 (3.1%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Cattaraugus County is $447 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $538 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $707 a month.

Cities in this county include: Olean, Salamanca, Gowanda, Persia, Freedom, Machias, Hinsdale, Ashford, Great Valley, St. Bonaventure.

Neighboring counties: Chautauqua County , Chemung County , Clay County, South Dakota , Yates County .

Current college students: 4,328
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,053 (65.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 3262010 or later
• 3542000 to 2009
• 3071990 to 1999
• 2561980 to 1989
• 1601970 to 1979
• 496Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.7 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 71.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 28,728
• One, attached: 1,147
• Two: 2,469
• 3 or 4: 1,730
• 5 to 9: 1,197
• 10 to 19: 244
• 20 to 49: 523
• 50 or more: 321
• Mobile homes: 5,243
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 46

Housing units in Cattaraugus County with a mortgage: 11,602 (109 second mortgage, 428 home equity loan, 66 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,324

Religion statistics for Cattaraugus County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Cattaraugus County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4480-NY: March 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4480, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Severe Winter Storm, Snowstorm, and Flooding, Incident Period: November 17, 2014 to November 27, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4204: December 22, 2014, FEMA Id: 4204, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 13, 2014 to May 22, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4180: July 08, 2014, FEMA Id: 4180, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 08, 2009 to August 10, 2009, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1857: September 01, 2009, FEMA Id: 1857, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: August 13, 2004 to September 16, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1564: October 01, 2004, FEMA Id: 1564, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: May 13, 2004 to June 17, 2004, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1534: August 03, 2004, FEMA Id: 1534, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 16, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3186: August 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3186, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• New York Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding, Incident Period: July 21, 2003 to August 13, 2003, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1486: August 29, 2003, FEMA Id: 1486, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• 13 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.19% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($40,653 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
2.88% relocated from other counties in New York ($27,184 average AGI)
1.31% relocated from other states ($13,469 average AGI)

Cattaraugus County:	1.31%
New York average:	1.80%

from Erie County, NY	1.17% ($38,526 average AGI)
from Allegany County, NY	0.53% ($44,804)
from Chautauqua County, NY	0.48% ($31,943)
from Wyoming County, NY	0.24% ($37,435)
from McKean County, PA	0.23% ($62,209)
from Monroe County, NY	0.08% ($40,391)
from Niagara County, NY	0.08% ($36,727)

5.03% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($41,931 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
2.98% relocated to other counties in New York ($21,596 average AGI)
2.05% relocated to other states ($20,336 average AGI)

Cattaraugus County:	2.05%
New York average:	2.73%

to Erie County, NY	1.16% ($38,296 average AGI)
to Chautauqua County, NY	0.50% ($36,109)
to Allegany County, NY	0.48% ($29,972)
to Wyoming County, NY	0.25% ($37,658)
to McKean County, PA	0.24% ($43,814)
to Monroe County, NY	0.14% ($29,976)
to Niagara County, NY	0.09% ($33,160)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.1
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.0

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 10.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.9

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Cattaraugus County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 60,848 (9,323 male householders, 11,844 female householders)

  14,893 spouses, 19,215 children (17,802 natural, 191 adopted, 1,222 stepchildren), 1,109 grandchildren, 719 brothers or sisters, 774 parents, 950 other relatives, 2,021 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 13,403 (6,145 male householders (4,793 living alone)), 4,767 female householders (4,027 living alone)), 2,491 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,589

Size of family households: 10,091 2-persons, 4,474 3-persons, 3,703 4-persons, 2,033 5-persons, 518 6-persons, 348 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,820 1-person, 1,889 2-persons, 64 3-persons, 73 4-persons, 66 7-or-more-persons.

9,436 married couples with children.
5,072 single-parent households (1,073 men, 3,999 women).

95.1% of residents of Cattaraugus speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
2.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (31% speak English very well, 32% speak English well, 33% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $607,776,000 ($7,307 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $10,365,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $215,567,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $145,568,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,538,000
Federal grants: $187,721,000
Federal procurement contracts: $27,448,000 ($4,135,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $27,936,000 ($1,020,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $150,543,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $17,408,000
Federal Government insurance: $82,665,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	-27 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 8.59 millions of gallons per day (87% from ground, 13% from surface)

• Year house built in Cattaraugus County, New York
• 8612014 or later
• 6362010 to 2013
• 2,5552000 to 2009
• 4,8801990 to 1999
• 4,8441980 to 1989
• 5,3631970 to 1979
• 1,7421960 to 1969
• 3,5061950 to 1959
• 2,9081940 to 1949
• 14,3531939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Cattaraugus County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Cattaraugus County, New York
• 251 room
• 862 rooms
• 6893 rooms
• 1,9474 rooms
• 4,0075 rooms
• 5,5456 rooms
• 4,2387 rooms
• 3,0358 rooms
• 3,3549+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cattaraugus County, New York
• 7651 room
• 2112 rooms
• 1,4773 rooms
• 1,7434 rooms
• 1,6525 rooms
• 1,2826 rooms
• 1,0627 rooms
• 4378 rooms
• 5249+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Cattaraugus County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Cattaraugus County, New York
• 41no bedroom
• 7091 bedroom
• 5,0982 bedrooms
• 12,0613 bedrooms
• 4,0424 bedrooms
• 9755+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Cattaraugus County, New York
• 765no bedroom
• 1,9631 bedroom
• 2,7262 bedrooms
• 2,3723 bedrooms
• 1,1094 bedrooms
• 2185+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Cattaraugus County, New York in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cattaraugus County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 1,111no vehicle
• 7,0081 vehicle
• 9,8142 vehicles
• 3,3803 vehicles
• 1,3284 vehicles
• 2855+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Cattaraugus County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,561no vehicle
• 3,6721 vehicle
• 2,4102 vehicles
• 4223 vehicles
• 884 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

90.1% of Cattaraugus County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 63% lived in New York.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 63,628
• Other state: 11,556
• Northeast: 5,879
• Midwest: 1,584
• South: 3,031
• West: 1,062

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,535
• Number of aged recipients: 184
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,351
• Number of recipients under 18: 302
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,811
• Number of recipients older than 64: 422
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,035
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,238

Cattaraugus County on our top lists:

• #23 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #27 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest number of people moving out compared to moving in (pop. 50,000+)"
• #68 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #85 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"