Ulster County, New York (NY)

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• • 141,50379.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 18,46210.4%Hispanic or Latino
  • 9,4475.3%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,1302.9%Two or more races
  • 4,2112.4%Asian alone
  • 4380.2%Some other race alone
  • 2260.1%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2017:

Detached houses: $256,546

Here:	$256,546
State:	$368,248

Townhouses or other attached units: $278,259

Here:	$278,259
State:	$609,493

In 2-unit structures: $387,997

Here:	$387,997
State:	$607,011

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $147,461

Here:	$147,461
State:	$737,380

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $1,376,826

Here:	$1,376,826
State:	$879,902

Mobile homes: $110,938

Here:	$110,938
State:	$74,535

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 5
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 40
• Burglaries: 58
• Thefts: 254
• Auto thefts: 16

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

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 1
• Robberies: 2
• Assaults: 25
• Burglaries: 51
• Thefts: 198
• Auto thefts: 11

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: $5,876 (2.4%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2017: $4,830 (2.2%)

Area name: Kingston, NY MSA
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Ulster County is $640 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $766 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $971 a month.

Cities in this county include: Kingston, Wawarsing, Ulster, Shawangunk, Lloyd, Esopus, Marlborough, Rosendale, New Paltz, Marbletown.

Neighboring counties: Cook County, Illinois , Modoc County, California , Kane County, Illinois , Lake County, Illinois , Will County, Illinois .

Current college students: 11,682
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 92.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 32.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 14,711 (51.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,7982010 or later
• 3,2632000 to 2009
• 2,4041990 to 1999
• 2,0731980 to 1989
• 1,5651970 to 1979
• 4,127Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 26.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 66.5%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 60,688
• One, attached: 2,377
• Two: 6,033
• 3 or 4: 3,594
• 5 to 9: 1,719
• 10 to 19: 1,774
• 20 to 49: 841
• 50 or more: 1,891
• Mobile homes: 6,118
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 106

Housing units in Ulster County with a mortgage: 27,986 (494 second mortgage, 4,836 home equity loan, 258 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 20,233

Religion statistics for Ulster County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Ulster County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• 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 Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee, Incident Period: September 07, 2011 to September 11, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4031: September 13, 2011, FEMA Id: 4031, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• 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, 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 Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 19, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1710: July 02, 2007, FEMA Id: 1710, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 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 Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 26, 2006 to July 10, 2006, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1650: July 01, 2006, FEMA Id: 1650, 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
• 20 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.12% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($57,609 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.69% relocated from other counties in New York ($42,884 average AGI)
1.43% relocated from other states ($14,725 average AGI)

Ulster County:	1.43%
New York average:	1.80%

from Orange County, NY	0.82% ($47,367 average AGI)
from Dutchess County, NY	0.81% ($51,063)
from Kings County, NY	0.32% ($76,703)
from New York County, NY	0.28% ($160,985)
from Sullivan County, NY	0.17% ($45,435)
from Greene County, NY	0.16% ($36,274)
from Queens County, NY	0.14% ($65,263)

5.53% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($53,502 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved to foreign countries ($559 average AGI)

Ulster County:	0.06%
New York average:	0.10%

3.25% relocated to other counties in New York ($32,337 average AGI)
2.23% relocated to other states ($20,606 average AGI)

Ulster County:	2.23%
New York average:	2.73%

to Orange County, NY	0.80% ($46,641 average AGI)
to Dutchess County, NY	0.68% ($48,633)
to Greene County, NY	0.22% ($40,037)
to Kings County, NY	0.18% ($50,172)
to Sullivan County, NY	0.17% ($37,797)
to New York County, NY	0.16% ($197,974)
to Albany County, NY	0.15% ($50,142)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.1
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 9.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 9.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 8.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 6.1

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Ulster 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: 8%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 135,368 (21,607 male householders, 22,447 female householders)

  31,047 spouses, 43,542 children (40,414 natural, 1,424 adopted, 1,704 stepchildren), 3,667 grandchildren, 1,936 brothers or sisters, 2,192 parents, 3,523 other relatives, 5,407 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 32,357 (13,198 male householders (9,824 living alone)), 11,570 female householders (9,690 living alone)), 7,589 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 11,692

Size of family households: 19,889 2-persons, 12,163 3-persons, 7,060 4-persons, 3,484 5-persons, 596 6-persons, 862 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 19,514 1-person, 4,233 2-persons, 370 3-persons, 468 4-persons, 183 5-persons.

16,890 married couples with children.
9,913 single-parent households (2,505 men, 7,408 women).

88.6% of residents of Ulster speak English at home.
5.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (70% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 10% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
3.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (90% speak English very well, 3% speak English well, 4% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $917,609,000 ($5,048 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $16,493,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $413,749,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $184,106,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,219,000
Federal grants: $261,684,000
Federal procurement contracts: $19,712,000 ($4,942,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $37,139,000 ($4,015,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,045,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $24,458,000
Federal Government insurance: $115,604,000

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

Here:	+15 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 439.54 millions of gallons per day (1% from ground, 99% from surface)

• Year house built in Ulster County, New York
• 8052014 or later
• 1,6542010 to 2013
• 6,5692000 to 2009
• 6,5191990 to 1999
• 11,3381980 to 1989
• 10,5661970 to 1979
• 9,5521960 to 1969
• 10,3541950 to 1959
• 5,5021940 to 1949
• 22,2821939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Ulster County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Ulster County, New York
• 1211 room
• 2272 rooms
• 6533 rooms
• 5,4644 rooms
• 8,9245 rooms
• 11,9796 rooms
• 9,4357 rooms
• 5,8768 rooms
• 5,5409+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ulster County, New York
• 1,0061 room
• 9722 rooms
• 5,7053 rooms
• 5,2764 rooms
• 3,4155 rooms
• 1,6766 rooms
• 1,1777 rooms
• 8338 rooms
• 5439+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ulster County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ulster County, New York
• 121no bedroom
• 1,5211 bedroom
• 10,9092 bedrooms
• 23,2443 bedrooms
• 10,6264 bedrooms
• 1,7985+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ulster County, New York
• 1,124no bedroom
• 6,6841 bedroom
• 7,1602 bedrooms
• 3,8473 bedrooms
• 1,4354 bedrooms
• 3535+ bedrooms

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

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ulster County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 923no vehicle
• 13,4411 vehicle
• 21,0152 vehicles
• 9,3273 vehicles
• 2,3894 vehicles
• 1,1245+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ulster County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,917no vehicle
• 10,3791 vehicle
• 5,6252 vehicles
• 1,5363 vehicles
• 434 vehicles
• 1035+ vehicles

88.8% of Ulster County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 80% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 130,136
• Other state: 31,604
• Northeast: 13,092
• Midwest: 6,224
• South: 7,950
• West: 4,338

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 4,322
• Number of aged recipients: 461
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 3,861
• Number of recipients under 18: 500
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 2,904
• Number of recipients older than 64: 918
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 1,874
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 2,026

Ulster County on our top lists:

• #6 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest surface withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply (pop. 50,000+)"
• #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply"
• #13 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #44 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest Sulfur Oxides Annual air pollution readings in 2012 (µg/m³)"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"