Jefferson County, New York (NY)

Races in Jefferson County, New York:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $196,155

Here:	$196,155
State:	$357,272

Townhouses or other attached units: $334,491

Here:	$334,491
State:	$568,104

In 2-unit structures: $132,268

Here:	$132,268
State:	$561,049

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $4,033,304

Here:	$4,033,304
State:	$816,667

Mobile homes: $90,343

Here:	$90,343
State:	$72,941

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

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $2,723 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $2,154 (1.6%)

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.

2012 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: 91.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 4,388 (53.9% naturalized citizens)

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: 33,586
• One, attached: 3,546
• Two: 2,937
• 3 or 4: 4,520
• 5 to 9: 3,508
• 10 to 19: 788
• 20 to 49: 1,191
• 50 or more: 1,243
• Mobile homes: 7,797

Housing units in Jefferson County with a mortgage: 12,891 (384 second mortgage, 1,702 home equity loan, 11 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,297

Religion statistics for Jefferson County

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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.

12.08% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($30,728 average adjusted gross income)

0.92% of residents moved from foreign countries ($2,447 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	0.92%
New York average:	0.08%

2.16% relocated from other counties in New York ($5,875 average AGI)
9.00% relocated from other states ($22,407 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	9.00%
New York average:	2.01%

from Lewis County, NY	0.35% ($31,542 average AGI)
from St. Lawrence County, NY	0.33% ($28,681)
from Bell County, TX	0.22% ($34,656)
from Onondaga County, NY	0.21% ($39,839)
from Oswego County, NY	0.17% ($31,205)
from Honolulu County, HI	0.16% ($40,029)
from El Paso County, TX	0.15% ($29,108)

12.31% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($32,733 average adjusted gross income)

0.78% of residents moved to foreign countries ($2,116 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	0.78%
New York average:	0.11%

2.11% relocated to other counties in New York ($5,574 average AGI)
9.42% relocated to other states ($25,043 average AGI)

Jefferson County:	9.42%
New York average:	2.38%

to St. Lawrence County, NY	0.32% ($29,655 average AGI)
to Lewis County, NY	0.28% ($32,870)
to Onondaga County, NY	0.27% ($43,967)
to El Paso County, CO	0.25% ($33,954)
to Bell County, TX	0.23% ($35,583)
to El Paso County, TX	0.22% ($34,469)
to Oswego County, NY	0.21% ($31,489)

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

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

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 87.6. This is more than state average.

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 90,299 (13,728 male householders, 14,446 female householders)

  21,021 spouses, 33,290 children (31,065 natural, 1,080 adopted, 1,145 stepchildren), 1,195 grandchildren, 765 brothers or sisters, 1,160 parents, 949 other relatives, 3,745 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 16,463 (6,406 male householders (5,531 living alone)), 6,835 female householders (5,629 living alone)), 3,222 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 7,244

Size of family households: 13,129 2-persons, 5,873 3-persons, 6,122 4-persons, 1,640 5-persons, 1,119 6-persons, 291 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,160 1-person, 1,598 2-persons, 369 3-persons, 100 4-persons, 14 5-persons.

16,489 married couples with children.
9,402 single-parent households (2,581 men, 6,821 women).

91.8% of residents of Jefferson speak English at home.
3.8% 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).
2.2% 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 (61% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% 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)

83% of Jefferson County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 32% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 75,751
• Other state: 30,857
• Northeast: 6,218
• Midwest: 6,143
• South: 10,615
• West: 7,881

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"