Jefferson County, New York (NY)

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• • 92,89983.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 8,6637.8%Hispanic or Latino
  • 6,9426.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 3,3723.0%Two or more races
  • 1,4511.3%Asian alone
  • 6460.6%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2140.2%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $223,378

Here:	$223,378
State:	$368,248

Townhouses or other attached units: $146,566

Here:	$146,566
State:	$609,493

In 2-unit structures: $100,344

Here:	$100,344
State:	$607,011

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $4,588,024

Here:	$4,588,024
State:	$879,902

Mobile homes: $78,960

Here:	$78,960
State:	$74,535

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 11
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 31
• Burglaries: 97
• Thefts: 398
• Auto thefts: 11

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 37
• Burglaries: 102
• Thefts: 401
• Auto thefts: 16

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2017: $2,620 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $2,253 (1.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Jefferson County is $501 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $602 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $776 a month.

Cities in this county include: Watertown, Le Ray, Fort Drum, Wilna, Champion, Alexandria, Carthage, Calcium, Hounsfield, Rutland.

2018 air pollution in Jefferson County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.030 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Addison County, Vermont , Bingham County, Idaho , Lamoille County, Vermont , Johnson County, Wyoming , Lake County, Oregon , Jefferson County, Idaho , Washington County, Idaho .

Current college students: 4,962
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 89.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 21.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,871 (55.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 9932010 or later
• 1,2682000 to 2009
• 9211990 to 1999
• 1,1341980 to 1989
• 4581970 to 1979
• 1,064Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 18.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 93.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 33,454
• One, attached: 4,204
• Two: 3,476
• 3 or 4: 3,353
• 5 to 9: 3,293
• 10 to 19: 500
• 20 to 49: 1,361
• 50 or more: 2,244
• Mobile homes: 8,061

Housing units in Jefferson County with a mortgage: 13,083 (97 second mortgage, 1,074 home equity loan, 34 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 10,147

Religion statistics for Jefferson County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Jefferson County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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 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 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 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 Virus Threat, Incident Period: May 22, 2000 to November 01, 2000, Emergency Declared EM-3155: October 11, 2000, FEMA Id: 3155, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Winter Storm, Incident Period: January 01, 1999 to January 15, 1999, Emergency Declared EM-3136: January 15, 1999, FEMA Id: 3136, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• New York Severe Winter Storms, Incident Period: January 05, 1998 to January 17, 1998, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1196: January 06, 1998, FEMA Id: 1196, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• New York Severe Storms/Flooding, Incident Period: January 19, 1996 to January 30, 1996, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1095: January 24, 1996, FEMA Id: 1095, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• New York Severe Blizzard, Incident Period: March 13, 1993 to March 17, 1993, Emergency Declared EM-3107: March 17, 1993, FEMA Id: 3107, Natural disaster type: Blizzard
• New York Severe Storm, Winter Storm, Incident Period: March 03, 1990 to March 04, 1990, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-898: March 21, 1991, FEMA Id: 898, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm, Storm
• 3 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

9.64% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($40,699 average adjusted gross income)

0.68% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,767 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	0.68%
New York average:	0.05%

2.24% relocated from other counties in New York ($10,215 average AGI)
6.72% relocated from other states ($27,717 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	6.72%
New York average:	1.80%

from Lewis County, NY	0.37% ($33,252 average AGI)
from St. Lawrence County, NY	0.34% ($35,826)
from Onondaga County, NY	0.25% ($86,514)
from Honolulu County, HI	0.23% ($40,808)
from Oswego County, NY	0.22% ($54,370)
from El Paso County, TX	0.18% ($43,833)
from Bell County, TX	0.16% ($37,761)

13.09% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($41,470 average adjusted gross income)

0.67% of residents moved to foreign countries ($2,290 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	0.67%
New York average:	0.10%

2.22% relocated to other counties in New York ($6,688 average AGI)
10.20% relocated to other states ($32,492 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	10.20%
New York average:	2.73%

to Lewis County, NY	0.35% ($35,195 average AGI)
to Onondaga County, NY	0.34% ($46,052)
to St. Lawrence County, NY	0.29% ($30,811)
to Honolulu County, HI	0.28% ($40,611)
to Bell County, TX	0.22% ($40,281)
to Cumberland County, NC	0.20% ($48,033)
to El Paso County, CO	0.20% ($41,489)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 16.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 14.6
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 17.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 7.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 7.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Jefferson County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 88,333 (13,729 male householders, 12,874 female householders)

  20,977 spouses, 32,946 children (30,160 natural, 765 adopted, 2,021 stepchildren), 1,564 grandchildren, 627 brothers or sisters, 735 parents, 2,337 other relatives, 2,544 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 19,061 (8,563 male householders (6,904 living alone)), 6,382 female householders (5,318 living alone)), 4,116 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 6,793

Size of family households: 12,537 2-persons, 5,638 3-persons, 4,575 4-persons, 2,548 5-persons, 907 6-persons, 398 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 12,222 1-person, 2,449 2-persons, 215 3-persons, 50 4-persons, 9 5-persons.

18,547 married couples with children.
6,523 single-parent households (2,117 men, 4,406 women).

92.4% of residents of Jefferson speak English at home.
3.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (86% speak English very well, 9% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $1,404,835,000 ($12,603 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $848,370,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $262,814,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $98,703,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,999,000
Federal grants: $179,402,000
Federal procurement contracts: $227,062,000 ($219,016,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $632,855,000 ($605,322,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $4,668,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $38,912,000
Federal Government insurance: $33,135,000

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

Here:	-58 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 10.37 millions of gallons per day (21% from ground, 79% from surface)

• Year house built in Jefferson County, New York
• 1,1442014 or later
• 1,8192010 to 2013
• 6,3022000 to 2009
• 6,3921990 to 1999
• 9,0141980 to 1989
• 6,2061970 to 1979
• 4,1281960 to 1969
• 4,0821950 to 1959
• 1,6041940 to 1949
• 19,2551939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, New York
• 561 room
• 222 rooms
• 4883 rooms
• 2,5254 rooms
• 4,2675 rooms
• 4,5696 rooms
• 3,7137 rooms
• 2,7018 rooms
• 4,8899+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, New York
• 1,1341 room
• 1,0362 rooms
• 1,8673 rooms
• 4,9404 rooms
• 3,1565 rooms
• 2,1006 rooms
• 1,2207 rooms
• 1,7238 rooms
• 1,1429+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Jefferson County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Jefferson County, New York
• 56no bedroom
• 2361 bedroom
• 5,0632 bedrooms
• 11,1813 bedrooms
• 4,3184 bedrooms
• 2,3765+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Jefferson County, New York
• 1,134no bedroom
• 2,8691 bedroom
• 7,1072 bedrooms
• 5,2643 bedrooms
• 1,3374 bedrooms
• 6075+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 754no vehicle
• 7,0861 vehicle
• 10,6462 vehicles
• 3,2073 vehicles
• 1,1774 vehicles
• 3605+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Jefferson County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,769no vehicle
• 7,5921 vehicle
• 5,2242 vehicles
• 1,5133 vehicles
• 1904 vehicles
• 305+ vehicles

81.1% of Jefferson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 29% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 25% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 76,530
• Other state: 31,084
• Northeast: 5,291
• Midwest: 6,864
• South: 12,987
• West: 5,942

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 2,939
• Number of aged recipients: 265
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 2,674
• Number of recipients under 18: 401
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 1,994
• Number of recipients older than 64: 544
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,218
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,362

Jefferson County on our top lists:

• #1 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest increase in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #5 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to foreign countries in 2011"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #16 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #16 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #52 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2011"
• #57 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2010 and 2011"