Chautauqua County, New York Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Chautauqua County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income below poverty line

Chautauqua County is 13th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents 65 or older

Chautauqua County is 13th in New York out of 62 other counties in Size in square miles

Chautauqua County is 18th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Chautauqua County is 18th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Main Cities Within Chautauqua County, New York

Chautauqua County, New York Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Chautauqua County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	133,539	23rd	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,060.2	13th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	127.2	29th	411.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Chautauqua County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	27th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.2%	32nd	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	17.3%	13th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Chautauqua County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.9%	41st	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.5%	41st	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Chautauqua County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	94.2%	24th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	2.7%	40th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	18th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.6%	51st	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	34th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	26th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.5%	18th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	88.8%	31st	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Chautauqua County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	50.5%	30th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	55th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Chautauqua County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	67,002	23rd	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	25.1%	25th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	55,499	23rd	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.2%	43rd	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$80,900	60th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.3	56th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	161	30th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Chautauqua County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$21,325	57th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$41,432	61st	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	17.7%	4th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Chautauqua County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,924	23rd	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	41,724	24th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	9,844	24th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,364,052	26th	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$10,178	36th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$181,164	24th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732

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