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Herkimer County, NY

59,757 Population
1,410.6 square miles 42.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$37,228 ±$1,663 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$68,515 ±$3,647 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.4% ±1.8% (7,881  ±1,040) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.7 minutes ±0.9 (624,210  ±31,133) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

25,741 ±353 Number of households
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0 (58,336  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±1.3% (633  ±157) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

32,459 ±52 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$147,700 ±$7,209 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.7% ±1.3% (5,148  ±763.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±2.8% (39,284  ±1,203.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22.7% ±1.5% (9,733  ±658.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.9% (1,743  ±332) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.7% ±0.7% (3,646  ±331) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,646 Total veterans ±331 3,389 Male ±303 257 Female ±86

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