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Jefferson & Lewis Counties PUMA, NY

139,710 Population
2,544.2 square miles 54.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.1 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,585 ±$1,124 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$70,673 ±$5,161 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.4% ±2.3% (18,106  ±3,148) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20.3 minutes ±0.6 (1,238,695  ±40,686) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

61,298 ±1,580 Number of households
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (134,409  ±335) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

7.9% ±2.6% (2,337  ±774) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

77,941 ±544 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$199,100 ±$11,179 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718
  • about half the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.5% ±3.4% (26,964  ±4,692.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.9% ±4.1% (86,644  ±3,929.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
24.3% ±2.1% (22,647  ±2,001.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

7.3% ±0.6% (9,566  ±749.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 30.9% 5,797,240 (±0.1% / ±23,814.8)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 22.3% 70,375,520 (±0.1% / ±221,008.6)

3.1% (4,348  ±1,253) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

12.8% ±1.8% (12,429  ±1,772) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,429 Total veterans ±1,772 10,676 Male ±1,479 1,753 Female ±781

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