Ulster County, New York (NY)

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• • 138,76678.1%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 18,83810.6%Hispanic or Latino
  • 10,2835.8%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,4123.0%Two or more races
  • 2,9141.6%Asian alone
  • 9070.5%Some other race alone
  • 4530.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2019:

Detached houses: $277,774

Here:	$277,774
State:	$393,458

Townhouses or other attached units: $379,642

Here:	$379,642
State:	$728,436

In 2-unit structures: $306,303

Here:	$306,303
State:	$650,471

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $298,425

Here:	$298,425
State:	$808,879

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $406,112

Here:	$406,112
State:	$916,967

Mobile homes: $93,260

Here:	$93,260
State:	$82,547

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 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2019: $5,489 (2.3%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2019: $4,628 (2.0%)

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: 90.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 32.9%

Number of foreign born residents: 13,422 (54.2% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,7842010 or later
• 3,0722000 to 2009
• 2,7631990 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: 58,662
• One, attached: 2,617
• Two: 5,738
• 3 or 4: 5,183
• 5 to 9: 3,518
• 10 to 19: 2,075
• 20 to 49: 1,234
• 50 or more: 1,746
• Mobile homes: 4,843

Housing units in Ulster County with a mortgage: 25,382 (263 second mortgage, 3,090 home equity loan, 216 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 21,367

Religion statistics for Ulster County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Ulster 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 Winter Storm And Snowstorm, Incident Period: March 14, 2017 - March 15, 2017, FEMA Id: 4322, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• 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
• 22 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 2019: 8.9

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 2019: 9.1

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:

• Male householders: 32,773 (10,388 living alone), Female householders: 36,603 (12,739 living alone)

• 31,387 spouses (31,133 opposite-sex spouses), 5,881 unmarried partners, (5,725 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 45,935 children (42,984 natural, 1,070 adopted, 1,881 stepchildren), 2,408 grandchildren, 1,636 brothers or sisters, 2,891 parents, 0 foster children, 1,786 other relatives, 4,916 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 11,357

Size of family households: 19,521 2-persons, 11,087 3-persons, 6,887 4-persons, 2,616 5-persons, 1,168 6-persons, 331 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 23,127 1-person, 4,268 2-persons, 209 3-persons, 39 4-persons, 68 5-persons, 55 6-persons.

18,237 married couples with children.
9,182 single-parent households (1,153 men, 8,029 women).

88.7% of residents of Ulster speak English at home.
6.0% of residents speak Spanish at home (67% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 12% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
3.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (67% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (82% speak English very well, 11% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).

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
• 1,8262014 or later
• 1,8802010 to 2013
• 6,1162000 to 2009
• 6,6761990 to 1999
• 8,7131980 to 1989
• 9,9211970 to 1979
• 11,1351960 to 1969
• 12,1271950 to 1959
• 5,5411940 to 1949
• 21,6811939 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
• 3421 room
• 4392 rooms
• 1,2833 rooms
• 4,2984 rooms
• 7,8435 rooms
• 11,2036 rooms
• 8,5877 rooms
• 5,5358 rooms
• 7,2199+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ulster County, New York
• 1,8531 room
• 2,2782 rooms
• 4,5463 rooms
• 4,9584 rooms
• 4,7865 rooms
• 2,2526 rooms
• 8847 rooms
• 6368 rooms
• 4349+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Ulster County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Ulster County, New York
• 398no bedroom
• 1,9891 bedroom
• 9,7842 bedrooms
• 22,9333 bedrooms
• 9,0694 bedrooms
• 2,5765+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Ulster County, New York
• 2,046no bedroom
• 7,0601 bedroom
• 8,1092 bedrooms
• 4,5143 bedrooms
• 7214 bedrooms
• 1775+ 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
• 1,825no vehicle
• 13,1551 vehicle
• 18,3392 vehicles
• 8,7923 vehicles
• 3,0514 vehicles
• 1,5875+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Ulster County in renter-occupied apartments
• 3,514no vehicle
• 11,9811 vehicle
• 5,4862 vehicles
• 1,2003 vehicles
• 3804 vehicles
• 665+ vehicles

89.2% of Ulster County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 36% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 78% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 132,723
• Other state: 29,137
• Northeast: 13,519
• Midwest: 3,970
• South: 8,529
• West: 3,119

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+)"