Putnam County, New York (NY)

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• • 76,52178.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 14,89915.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 2,6722.7%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 2,0602.1%Asian alone
  • 1,2481.3%Two or more races
  • 2320.2%Some other race alone
  • 830.08%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 150.02%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $435,410

Here:	$435,410
State:	$393,458

Townhouses or other attached units: $324,183

Here:	$324,183
State:	$728,436

In 2-unit structures: $381,767

Here:	$381,767
State:	$650,471

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $360,827

Here:	$360,827
State:	$808,879

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $320,228

Here:	$320,228
State:	$916,967

Mobile homes: $80,740

Here:	$80,740
State:	$82,547

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 16
• Robberies: 3
• Assaults: 28
• Burglaries: 98
• Thefts: 338
• Auto thefts: 15

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 2019: $9,232 (2.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $9,153 (2.6%)

Area name: New York-Monmouth-Ocean, NY-NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Putnam County is $1003 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1133 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1406 a month.

Cities in this county include: Carmel, Southeast, Kent, Patterson, Putnam Valley, Philipstown, Lake Carmel, Mahopac, Carmel Hamlet, Putnam Lake.

2018 air pollution in Putnam County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.027 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Arthur County, Nebraska , Custer County, Nebraska , Keith County, Nebraska , Sherman County, Nebraska , Whiteside County, Illinois .

Current college students: 4,700
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.2%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 38.1%

Number of foreign born residents: 13,888 (62.8% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 1,5202010 or later
• 2,8772000 to 2009
• 3,3101990 to 1999
• 1,3021980 to 1989
• 1,3861970 to 1979
• 3,268Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 38.4 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 28.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 29,254
• One, attached: 3,043
• Two: 1,387
• 3 or 4: 1,683
• 5 to 9: 438
• 10 to 19: 860
• 20 to 49: 490
• 50 or more: 983
• Mobile homes: 573

Housing units in Putnam County with a mortgage: 18,845 (140 second mortgage, 2,952 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,466

Religion statistics for Putnam County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Putnam County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Tropical Storm Isaias, Incident Period: August 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4567, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• 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 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 Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4085: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 4085, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4020: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4020, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 25, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3328: August 26, 2011, FEMA Id: 3328, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms and Inland and Coastal Flooding, Incident Period: April 14, 2007 to April 18, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1692: April 24, 2007, FEMA Id: 1692, 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: April 02, 2005 to April 04, 2005, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1589: April 19, 2005, FEMA Id: 1589, 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
• 12 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.95% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($75,696 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
4.68% relocated from other counties in New York ($61,040 average AGI)
1.27% relocated from other states ($14,656 average AGI)

Putnam County:	1.27%
New York average:	1.80%

from Westchester County, NY	2.35% ($73,973 average AGI)
from Dutchess County, NY	0.52% ($61,852)
from Bronx County, NY	0.50% ($75,143)
from Kings County, NY	0.30% ($111,732)
from Fairfield County, CT	0.30% ($65,117)
from New York County, NY	0.23% ($189,128)
from Queens County, NY	0.23% ($96,593)

6.54% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($92,406 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.78% relocated to other counties in New York ($61,020 average AGI)
2.76% relocated to other states ($31,386 average AGI)

Putnam County:	2.76%
New York average:	2.73%

to Westchester County, NY	1.49% ($73,041 average AGI)
to Dutchess County, NY	1.06% ($64,559)
to Fairfield County, CT	0.67% ($87,502)
to New York County, NY	0.25% ($97,260)
to Queens County, NY	0.16% ($57,545)
to Bronx County, NY	0.15% ($53,082)
to Orange County, NY	0.13% ($70,907)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.4
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 11.5

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 6.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.1
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.8

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 5.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Putnam County

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

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 9%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 6%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 17,354 (4,099 living alone), Female householders: 17,116 (4,112 living alone)

• 19,738 spouses (19,593 opposite-sex spouses), 1,683 unmarried partners, (1,418 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 30,612 children (29,447 natural, 685 adopted, 480 stepchildren), 1,768 grandchildren, 411 brothers or sisters, 1,714 parents, 0 foster children, 1,803 other relatives, 3,843 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 2,278

Size of family households: 8,897 2-persons, 6,214 3-persons, 5,951 4-persons, 2,242 5-persons, 1,044 6-persons, 377 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 8,211 1-person, 1,188 2-persons, 169 5-persons, 177 7-or-more-persons.

14,748 married couples with children.
1,546 single-parent households (204 men, 1,342 women).

81.4% of residents of Putnam speak English at home.
9.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (71% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
6.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (60% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $343,627,000 ($3,417 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $7,319,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $183,540,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $84,318,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,046,000
Federal grants: $52,103,000
Federal procurement contracts: $8,286,000 ($4,631,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $12,334,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $18,290,000
Federal Government insurance: $41,451,000

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

Here:	+5 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 118.11 millions of gallons per day (2% from ground, 98% from surface)

• Year house built in Putnam County, New York
• 6262014 or later
• 3742010 to 2013
• 2,6402000 to 2009
• 3,8521990 to 1999
• 4,5101980 to 1989
• 6,2521970 to 1979
• 3,4021960 to 1969
• 6,3371950 to 1959
• 3,9281940 to 1949
• 6,7901939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Putnam County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Putnam County, New York
• 2111 room
• 2532 rooms
• 1,3513 rooms
• 2,8964 rooms
• 3,5655 rooms
• 6,0406 rooms
• 4,6727 rooms
• 3,4828 rooms
• 4,8419+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Putnam County, New York
• 2731 room
• 6962 rooms
• 1,5593 rooms
• 1,3244 rooms
• 8825 rooms
• 1,2136 rooms
• 5897 rooms
• 1818 rooms
• 4429+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Putnam County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Putnam County, New York
• 298no bedroom
• 1,7271 bedroom
• 6,2042 bedrooms
• 11,8663 bedrooms
• 5,9124 bedrooms
• 1,3045+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Putnam County, New York
• 273no bedroom
• 2,0931 bedroom
• 2,0782 bedrooms
• 2,0683 bedrooms
• 5104 bedrooms
• 1375+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Putnam County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 835no vehicle
• 5,2531 vehicle
• 12,7272 vehicles
• 5,8883 vehicles
• 1,3104 vehicles
• 1,2985+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Putnam County in renter-occupied apartments
• 888no vehicle
• 2,9491 vehicle
• 2,0552 vehicles
• 1,1253 vehicles
• 1424 vehicles
• 05+ vehicles

93.6% of Putnam County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 27% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 71,131
• Other state: 11,052
• Northeast: 5,498
• Midwest: 2,270
• South: 2,629
• West: 655

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 806
• Number of aged recipients: 126
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 680
• Number of recipients under 18: 54
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 545
• Number of recipients older than 64: 207
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 372
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 366

Putnam County on our top lists:

• #49 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #50 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Ozone (1-hour) air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #71 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #72 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #89 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"