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Chemung County, NY

81,426 Population
407.3 square miles 199.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$33,423 ±$3,161 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$55,845 ±$3,166 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

15.8% ±2.6% (12,348  ±1,991) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

20 minutes ±0.8 (669,840  ±32,367) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

34,319 ±1,300 Number of households
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.3 ±0.1 (77,976  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,062,964
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 325,134,660

1.8% ±1.3% (318  ±230) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

39,311 ±42 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$130,700 ±$15,720 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-third of the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

10.7% ±2.4% (8,643  ±1,907.4) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±,187,841.9)

Social

91.7% ±5.5% (53,218  ±3,226.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±,272,504.5)
27% ±3.1% (15,690  ±1,784.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±,175,321.9)

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

4% (3,213  ±831) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in New York: 22.7% 4,459,752
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,182,176

9% ±1.5% (5,835  ±992) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
5,835 Total veterans ±992 5,321 Male ±915 514 Female ±376

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