Jefferson County, New York Demographics

Jefferson County is 1st in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Jefferson County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

Jefferson County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Jefferson County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Two or More

Jefferson County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail sales per capita

Jefferson County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Size in square miles

Jefferson County is 17th in New York out of 62 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Jefferson County is 17th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Jefferson County is 18th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income below poverty line

Jefferson County is 20th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - American Indian or Alaska Native

Size Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	120,262	25th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,268.6	10th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	91.6	41st	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	8.4%	1st	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	24.9%	4th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	11.5%	61st	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.1%	25th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	20.6%	38th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	88.8%	39th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	6.1%	25th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	20th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	1.6%	26th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.3%	2nd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.7%	7th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	17th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	83.5%	41st	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	48.3%	57th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	4.5%	29th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	58,218	24th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	28.2%	21st	50.5%	25.9%
Households	44,722	25th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	57.8%	57th	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$124,000	32nd	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	23rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	357	17th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$22,574	49th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$45,559	47th	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.1%	18th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Jefferson County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,471	26th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	29,561	28th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,213	30th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$1,867,704	22nd	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,834	7th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$171,973	26th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732