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Jefferson County, New
York
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People
Quick Facts
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Jefferson
County
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New
York
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Population, 2006 estimate
(revised November, 2007)
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117,162 |
19,254,630 |
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Population, percent
change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006
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4.9%
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1.5%
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Population,
2000
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111,738
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18,976,457
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Population,
percent change, 1990 to 2000
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0.7%
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5.5%
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Persons under
5 years old, percent, 2004
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7.1%
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6.5%
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Persons under
18 years old, percent, 2004
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25.4%
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23.8%
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Persons 65
years old and over, percent, 2004
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11.8%
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13.0%
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Female
persons, percent, 2004
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48.4%
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51.6%
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White
persons, percent, 2004 (a)
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91.7%
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73.9%
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Black persons, percent, 20004 (a)
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5.2%
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17.5%
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American
Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2004 (a)
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0.5%
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0.5%
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Asian
persons, percent, 2004 (a)
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1.0%
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6.5%
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Native
Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2004 (a)
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0.2%
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0.1%
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Persons
reporting two or more races, percent, 2004
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1.3%
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1.5%
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Persons of
Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2004 (b)
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3.8%
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16.0%
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White
persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2004
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88.5%
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61.1%
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Living in
same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000
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51.6%
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61.8%
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Foreign born
persons, percent, 2000
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3.7%
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20.4%
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Language
other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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7.2%
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28.0%
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High school
graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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82.9%
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79.1%
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Bachelor's
degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
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16.0%
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27.4%
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Persons with
a disability, age 5+, 2000
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17,257
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3,606,147
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Mean travel
time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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18.4
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31.7
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Housing
units, 2004
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54,528
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7,056,860
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Homeownership
rate, 2000
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59.7%
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53.0%
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Housing units
in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
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25.6%
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50.6%
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Median value
of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$68,200
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$148,700
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Households,
2000
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40,068
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7,056,860
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Persons per
household, 2000
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2.58
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2.61
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Median
household income, 2003
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$34,396
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$44,139
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Per capita
money income, 1999
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$16,202
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$23,389
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Persons below
poverty, percent, 2003
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14.5%
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14.3%
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Business
Quick Facts
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Jefferson
County
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New
York
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Private
nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2003
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2,367
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502,948 |
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Private
nonfarm employment, 2003
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26,522 |
7,416,680 |
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Private
nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2003
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0.5%
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0.9%
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Nonemployer
establishments, 2004
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4,914
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1,361,705
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Manufacturers
shipments, 2002 ($1000)
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595,221 |
147,317,463 |
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Retail sales,
2002 ($1000)
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1,151,710
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178,067,530 |
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Retail sales
per capita, 2002
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$10,108
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$9,298
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Minority-owned
firms, percent of total, 1997
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6.3%
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19.6%
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Women-owned
firms, percent of total, 1997
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25.3%
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26.1%
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Housing units
authorized by building permits, 2004
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228 |
53,497
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Federal funds
and grants, 2004 ($1000)
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1,404,835
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143,902,576
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Geography
Quick Facts
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Jefferson
County
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New
York
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Land area,
2000 (square miles)
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1,272
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47,214
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Persons per
square mile, 2000
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87.8
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401.9
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Metropolitan
Area
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Watertown-Fort Drum
NY Micro
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FIPS Code
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045
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36
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(a)
Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable
race categories.
FN: Footnote on this
item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
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