Oswego County, New York Demographics - Income, Housing, Race, Business

Statewide Claims to Fame

Oswego County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - White

Oswego County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Oswego County is 14th in New York out of 62 other counties in People per household

Oswego County is 16th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income below poverty line

Oswego County is 19th in New York out of 62 other counties in Size in square miles

Oswego County is 20th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Main Cities Within Oswego County, New York

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General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Oswego County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	121,700	24th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	951.6	19th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	128.3	28th	411.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Oswego County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	22nd	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.1%	20th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.5%	56th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Oswego County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.4%	45th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	15.8%	58th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Oswego County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	96.6%	8th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	1.0%	57th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	22nd	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.7%	47th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.0%	51st	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.3%	51st	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	49th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	10th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Oswego County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	50.1%	42nd	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.9%	56th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Oswego County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	53,597	25th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	16.4%	46th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	45,600	24th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	73.5%	23rd	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$90,600	51st	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	14th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	162	29th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Oswego County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$22,261	52nd	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$47,036	40th	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	15.7%	16th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Oswego County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	2,141	29th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	23,927	33rd	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	7,192	31st	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$994,135	33rd	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$8,186	49th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$128,074	29th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732

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