Lewis County, New York (NY)

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• • 24,41793.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 7452.9%Two or more races
  • 4351.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 1810.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 1490.6%Some other race alone
  • 600.2%Asian alone
  • 190.07%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $185,821

Here:	$185,821
State:	$476,719

Townhouses or other attached units: $343,653

Here:	$343,653
State:	$699,270

In 2-unit structures: $649,528

Here:	$649,528
State:	$713,077

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $681,838

Here:	$681,838
State:	$764,568

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $414,780

Here:	$414,780
State:	$912,009

Mobile homes: $75,743

Here:	$75,743
State:	$88,925

Crime in 2021 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 6
• Burglaries: 5
• Thefts: 31
• Auto thefts: 8

Crime in 2020 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 3
• Burglaries: 8
• Thefts: 12
• Auto thefts: 1

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $2,860 (1.7%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $2,262 (1.7%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Lewis County is $446 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $535 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $669 a month.

Cities in this county include: Lowville, Denmark, New Bremen, Watson, Leyden, West Turin, Diana, Greig, Lyonsdale, Martinsburg.

Neighboring counties: Aurora County, South Dakota , Cumberland County, Maine , Crook County, Oregon , Lincoln County, Maine , Rutland County, Vermont , Linn County, Oregon , Hutchinson County, South Dakota , Sanborn County, South Dakota , Sully County, South Dakota , Mitchell County, Iowa .

Current college students: 617
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 91.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 291 (54.7% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 922010 or later
• 372000 to 2009
• 481990 to 1999
• 581980 to 1989
• 131970 to 1979
• 154Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 99.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 12,123
• One, attached: 120
• Two: 412
• 3 or 4: 568
• 5 to 9: 183
• 10 to 19: 89
• 20 to 49: 216
• 50 or more: 24
• Mobile homes: 1,802
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 18

Housing units in Lewis County with a mortgage: 4,296 (506 second mortgage, 10 home equity loan, 451 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 279

Religion statistics for Lewis County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Lewis 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 Storms, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding, Incident Period: October 31, 2019 - November 1, 2019, FEMA Id: 4472, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood, Wind
• 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, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: April 26, 2011 to May 08, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1993: June 10, 2011, FEMA Id: 1993, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood, Wind
• New York Snow, Incident Period: February 02, 2007 to February 12, 2007, Emergency Declared EM-3273: February 23, 2007, FEMA Id: 3273, Natural disaster type: Snow
• 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 Snow, Incident Period: January 28, 2004 to January 31, 2004, Emergency Declared EM-3195: March 03, 2004, FEMA Id: 3195, Natural disaster type: Snow
• 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
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.15% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($52,347 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.61% relocated from other counties in New York ($36,324 average AGI)
1.55% relocated from other states ($16,021 average AGI)

Lewis County:	1.55%
New York average:	1.86%

from Jefferson County, NY	1.40% ($47,517 average AGI)
from Oneida County, NY	0.87% ($45,247)
from Onondaga County, NY	0.21% ($85,143)

4.74% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($48,023 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.13% relocated to other counties in New York ($30,878 average AGI)
1.61% relocated to other states ($17,145 average AGI)

Lewis County:	1.61%
New York average:	3.55%

to Jefferson County, NY	1.30% ($46,629 average AGI)
to Oneida County, NY	0.54% ($47,236)
to St. Lawrence County, NY	0.39% ($48,125)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 12.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.4
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 8.7

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Lewis County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 5,752 (1,552 living alone), Female householders: 5,143 (1,295 living alone)

• 5,735 spouses (5,710 opposite-sex spouses), 1,195 unmarried partners, (1,184 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 7,006 children (6,394 natural, 183 adopted, 408 stepchildren), 424 grandchildren, 101 brothers or sisters, 153 parents, 5 foster children, 181 other relatives, 356 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 407

Size of family households: 3,583 2-persons, 1,150 3-persons, 1,496 4-persons, 736 5-persons, 261 6-persons, 95 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 2,851 1-person, 672 2-persons, 32 3-persons, 22 4-persons.

4,000 married couples with children.
1,352 single-parent households (621 men, 731 women).

97.4% of residents of Lewis speak English at home.
0.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 2% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 9% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $139,390,000 ($5,247 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $8,808,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $62,240,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $22,634,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,618,000
Federal grants: $40,840,000
Federal procurement contracts: $7,548,000 ($6,398,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $4,511,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $456,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $4,443,000
Federal Government insurance: $7,421,000

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

Here:	-31 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.27 millions of gallons per day (46% from ground, 54% from surface)

• Year house built in Lewis County, New York
• 392020 or later
• 1,0572010 to 2019
• 1,5022000 to 2009
• 1,7891990 to 1999
• 1,9871980 to 1989
• 1,7381970 to 1979
• 1,0191960 to 1969
• 9131950 to 1959
• 5841940 to 1949
• 4,9931939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Lewis County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Lewis County, New York
• 211 room
• 1042 rooms
• 2453 rooms
• 1,0474 rooms
• 1,1915 rooms
• 1,5226 rooms
• 1,5317 rooms
• 9948 rooms
• 2,0829+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lewis County, New York
• 431 room
• 822 rooms
• 2683 rooms
• 4494 rooms
• 5305 rooms
• 2276 rooms
• 1027 rooms
• 918 rooms
• 3169+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Lewis County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Lewis County, New York
• 22no bedroom
• 3531 bedroom
• 1,7262 bedrooms
• 4,0523 bedrooms
• 1,9754 bedrooms
• 6345+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Lewis County, New York
• 42no bedroom
• 5131 bedroom
• 5602 bedrooms
• 6993 bedrooms
• 1584 bedrooms
• 1095+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lewis County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 322no vehicle
• 1,9921 vehicle
• 4,2412 vehicles
• 1,5223 vehicles
• 4074 vehicles
• 2125+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Lewis County in renter-occupied apartments
• 298no vehicle
• 1,0661 vehicle
• 4792 vehicles
• 1063 vehicles
• 1114 vehicles
• 535+ vehicles

91.7% of Lewis County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 33% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 73% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 22,662
• Other state: 3,127
• Northeast: 1,362
• Midwest: 516
• South: 874
• West: 367

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 628
• Number of aged recipients: 65
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 563
• Number of recipients under 18: 93
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 409
• Number of recipients older than 64: 126
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 292
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 278