Races in St. Lawrence County, New York:

Average household size:

Estimated median household income in 2009: $42,654 ($32,356 in 1999)

Median contract rent in 2009 for apartments: $492 (lower quartile is $370, upper quartile is $629)


Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $80,300 (it was $59,100 in 2000) Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $53,300 - $130,300

Mean price in 2009:

Detached houses: $142,433

Here:	$142,433
State:	$343,827

Townhouses or other attached units: $227,201

Here:	$227,201
State:	$484,742

In 2-unit structures: $105,800

Here:	$105,800
State:	$460,134

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $85,574

Here:	$85,574
State:	$569,159

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $385,159

Here:	$385,159
State:	$676,553

Mobile homes: $56,067

Here:	$56,067
State:	$40,766

Median monthly housing costs for homes and condos with a mortgage: $1,068
Median monthly housing costs for units without a mortgage: $413

Institutionalized population: 3,256

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 2
• Robberies: 1
• Assaults: 25
• Burglaries: 113
• Thefts: 287
• Auto thefts: 19

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 4
• Robberies: 4
• Assaults: 7
• Burglaries: 88
• Thefts: 243
• Auto thefts: 25

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2009: $1,901 (2.2%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2009: $1,337 (1.9%)

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 18.0%

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2009: 18.0%
Median age of residents in 2010: 37 years old
(Males: 35 years old, Females: 39 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 38 years old, Black residents: 27 years old, American Indian residents: 33 years old, Asian residents: 28 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 24 years old, Other race residents: 27 years old)

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in St. Lawrence County is $446 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $537 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $680 a month.

Cities in this county include: Potsdam, Massena, Ogdensburg, Canton, Gouverneur, Norfolk, Oswegatchie, Lisbon, Stockholm, Louisville.

St. Lawrence County has a predicted average indoor radon screening level between 2 and 4 pCi/L (pico curies per liter) - Moderate Potential

2005 air pollution in St. Lawrence County:

Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 8.3 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour: 27 µg/m³(standard limit: 35 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.

Click to draw/clear St. Lawrence County borders

Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in St. Lawrence County: Chippewa Point (A), Barnhart Island Marina (B), Barnhart Island Overlook and Picnic Area (C), Wilson Hill Range Lights (D), Rod and Gun Club (E), Saint Lawrence Yacht Club (F), Stark School Corner (G), Staplin Corners (H), Stafford Corners (I), Smith Corners (J), Sister Island Light (K), Sevey Corners (L), Sellecks Lower Camp (M), Sellecks Corners (N), Scotts Corners (O), Scotch Bush Grange (P), Saint Patrick Community Center (Q), Coles Creek Marina (R), Oliver D Appleton Golf Course (S), Saint Lawrence State Park Golf Course (T). Display/hide their locations on the map Shopping Centers: Seaway Shopping Center (1), Saint Lawrence Center Shopping Center (2). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in St. Lawrence County include: Brown Church (A), Chippewa Station Church (B), Covenanter Church (C), Dailey Ridge Church (D), Fullerville Church (E), Louisville Landing Church (F), Nevin Memorial Church (G), North Gouverneur Church (H), Colton Wesleyan Church (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Rarick Cemetery (1), Purmort Cemetery (2), Kent Mill Cemetery (3), Kendrew Cemetery (4), Pleasant View Cemetery (5), Pleasant Valley Cemetery (6), Pleasant Mound Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Pine Hill Pond (A), Pine Marsh (B), Pine Pond (C), Pleasant Lake (D), Portaferry Lake (E), Rock Lake (F), Rock Pond (G), Round Lake (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Warm Brook (A), Webb Creek (B), Welch Brook (C), Welch Creek (D), Weller Pond Outlet (E), Baldwin Branch (F), Beaver Creek (G), Boland Creek (H), Deer River (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Parks in St. Lawrence County include: Saint Lawrence State Park (1), Postwood Park (2), Wilson Hill State Fish and Game Managemen (3), Higley Flow State Park (4), Walter F Pratt Memorial Forest (5), Jacques Cartier State Park (6), Coles Creek State Park (7), Cedar Island State Park (8), Saint Lawrence Park (9). Display/hide their locations on the map Beaches: Barnhart Island Beach (A), Lisbon Beach (B), Waddington Beach (C), Massena Beach (D). Display/hide their locations on the map

Neighboring counties: Franklin County , Hamilton County , Herkimer County , Jefferson County , Lewis County .

Current college students: 11,180
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 79.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 3,800 (50% naturalized citizens)

Mean travel time to work (commute): 20.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 92.2%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 34,040
• One, attached: 503
• Two: 2,306
• 3 or 4: 2,494
• 5 to 9: 1,468
• 10 to 19: 816
• 20 or more: 1,117
• Mobile homes: 6,820
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 157

Housing units in St. Lawrence County with a mortgage: 11,186 (791 second mortgage, 1,237 home equity loan, 42 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 7,903

Religion statistics:

Percentage of population affiliated with a religious congregations: 46.12%

Here		46.1%
USA		50.2%

Total adherents: 51,625
Total congregations: 161

Breakdown of population affiliated with a religious congregations

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	Presbyterian Church (USA)	Episcopal Church	United Church of Christ
Adherents	35,061 (67.9%)	5,846 (11.3%)	2,337 (4.5%)	1,606 (3.1%)	1,020 (2.0%)
Congregations	34 (21.1%)	34 (21.1%)	19 (11.8%)	10 (6.2%)	7 (4.3%)

Name	The Wesleyan Church	Southern Baptist Convention	Charismatic Churches Independent	American Baptist Churches in the USA	Other
Adherents	981 (1.9%)	923 (1.8%)	550 (1.1%)	461 (0.9%)	2,840 (5.5%)
Congregations	8 (5.0%)	9 (5.6%)	1 (0.6%)	4 (2.5%)	35 (21.7%)

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.

Religions in St. Lawrence County - Potsdam, Massena, Ogdensburg, Canton, Gouverneur

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in St. Lawrence County:

Average size of farms: 278 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $68,722
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $51.42
The value of nursery, greenhouse, floriculture, and sod as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 1.14%
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 91.08%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $66,056
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 42.90%
Irrigated harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 0.14%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $91,853
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 92.28%
Average age of principal farm operators: 54 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 18.89
Milk cows as a percentage of all cattle and calves: 49.90%
Corn for grain: 3029 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 62 harvested acres
Soybeans for beans: 523 harvested acres
Vegetables: 310 harvested acres
Land in orchards: 235 acres

Tornado activity:

St. Lawrence County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below New York state average. It is 6.5 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused one fatality and 4 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 8/15/1986, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed one person and injured 3 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

Earthquake activity:

St. Lawrence County-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above New York state average. It is 77% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 60.0 miles away from the county center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MB, 4.2 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.0 MW, Depth: 6.8 mi) earthquake occurred 71.5 miles away from the county center
On 4/20/2002 at 11:04:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, 3.7 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 72.9 miles away from the county center
On 4/20/2000 at 08:46:55, a magnitude 4.0 (4.0 LG, 3.8 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 63.1 miles away from St. Lawrence County center
On 4/8/2003 at 15:06:14, a magnitude 3.7 (3.7 LG, 3.2 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 40.5 miles away from the county center
On 5/24/2002 at 23:46:00, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, 3.1 ML, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 73.5 miles away from the county center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)






Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $42,261.

4.20% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,907 average adjusted gross income)

0.39% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,270 average AGI)

St. Lawrence County:	0.39%
New York average:	0.24%

2.01% relocated from other counties in New York ($14,975 average AGI)
1.81% relocated from other states ($14,663 average AGI)

St. Lawrence County:	1.81%
New York average:	1.94%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

4.66% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($34,085 average adjusted gross income)

0.13% of residents moved to foreign countries ($942 average AGI)

St. Lawrence County:	0.13%
New York average:	0.10%

2.17% relocated to other counties in New York ($14,027 average AGI)
2.37% relocated to other states ($19,115 average AGI)

St. Lawrence County:	2.37%
New York average:	2.96%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.1

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 9.5

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 7.3

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 18,817 (15,264 aged, 3,553 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%

Short term general hospitals per 100,000 population in 2004: 3.59
Short term general hospital admissions per 100,000 population in 2004: 12020.92
Short term general hospital beds per 100,000 population in 2004: 350.390
Emergency room visits per 100,000 population in 2004: 48749.39

General practice office based MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 1046.870
Medical specialist MDs per 100,000 population in 2005: 931.940
Dentists per 100,000 population in 1998: 11.67

Total births per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006 : 29.03
Total deaths per 100,000 population, July 2005 - July 2006: 57.46

Limited-service eating places per 100,000 population in 2005 : 6.28

Suicides per 1,000,000 population from 2000 to 2006: 96.9. This is more than state average.

Household type by relationship:

Households: 101,193

• In family households: 81,729 (18,631 male householders, 7,973 female householders)

  19,782 spouses, 28,283 children (26,186 natural, 581 adopted, 1,516 stepchildren), 1,613 grandchildren, 513 brothers or sisters, 584 parents, 621 other relatives, 3,316 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 19,464 (7,236 male householders (5,219 living alone)), 7,765 female householders (6,372 living alone)), 4,463 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 10,751 (3,256 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 12,295 2-persons, 6,077 3-persons, 4,770 4-persons, 2,180 5-persons, 737 6-persons, 545 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 11,591 1-person, 2,777 2-persons, 378 3-persons, 157 4-persons, 63 5-persons, 22 6-persons, 13 7-or-more-persons.

94.6% of residents of St. Lawrence County speak English at home.
1.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
3.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (47% speak English very well, 46% speak English well, 7% speak English not well).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (88% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $659,267,000 ($5923 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $20,298,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $281,603,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $119,299,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,722,000
Federal grants: $200,498,000
Federal procurement contracts: $17,325,000 ($10,277,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $36,820,000 ($1,192,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $91,331,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $16,477,000
Federal Government insurance: $15,195,000

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

Births: 6,329

Deaths: 5,585

Net international migration: +598

Net internal migration: -1,756

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 8.10 millions of gallons per day (23% from ground, 77% from surface)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Median number of rooms in apartments:

60% of St. Lawrence County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 60% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 93443
• Northeast: 6213
• Midwest: 2479
• South: 3240
• West: 1567

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $48,700

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 4%

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 939

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 106

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 4,506

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 3,910
• Number of aged recipients: 319
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,591
• Number of recipients under 18: 435
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,782
• Number of recipients older than 64: 693
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,563
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 1,886

Most common first names in St. Lawrence County, NY among deceased individuals
Name	Count	Lived (average)
Mary	834	80.2 years
John	807	74.1 years
William	729	74.4 years
Robert	572	70.5 years
George	497	75.7 years
James	490	72.9 years
Charles	449	74.4 years
Helen	447	79.4 years
Margaret	435	81.0 years
Joseph	409	75.2 years

Most common last names in St. Lawrence County, NY among deceased individuals
Last name	Count	Lived (average)
Smith	306	77.0 years
Brown	221	76.4 years
Martin	154	74.4 years
Miller	139	75.3 years
White	131	76.0 years
Jones	117	76.8 years
Thompson	112	77.7 years
Johnson	111	74.9 years
Murphy	108	77.8 years
Sullivan	103	78.8 years

Businesses in St. Lawrence County, NY
Name	Count		Name	Count
AT&T	7		La-Z-Boy	2
Ace Hardware	2		Lane Furniture	3
Arby's	2		Long John Silver's	2
Ashley Furniture	2		Lowe's	2
AutoZone	2		MasterBrand Cabinets	20
Bath & Body Works	1		Maurices	1
Best Western	1		McDonald's	7
Burger King	4		Nike	3
Carson Pirie Scott	1		OfficeMax	1
Comfort Suites	1		Payless	1
Curves	1		Pizza Hut	4
Dairy Queen	2		Quality	2
Deb	1		Quiznos	1
Decora Cabinetry	2		RadioShack	4
Domino's Pizza	3		Rite Aid	5
Dunkin Donuts	3		Sears	3
Econo Lodge	1		Subway	8
Express	1		Super 8	1
Fashion Bug	2		T.J.Maxx	1
FedEx	10		Taco Bell	1
GNC	3		True Value	6
GameStop	1		U-Haul	7
H&R Block	5		UPS	15
Home Depot	1		Verizon Wireless	2
JCPenney	1		Walgreens	3
Jones New York	2		Walmart	3
KFC	1		Wendy's	1

Browse common businesses in St. Lawrence County, NY

St. Lawrence County on our top lists:

• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual air pollution readings in 2005 (µg/m³)"
• #61 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from other counties between 2005 and 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #67 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating to other counties in 2006 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #100 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic Church adherents (pop. 50,000+)"

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