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

Statewide Claims to Fame

Lewis County is 1st in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - White

Lewis County is 1st in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino

Lewis County is 5th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents younger than 18

Lewis County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents younger than 5

Lewis County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Home ownership rate

Lewis County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Size in square miles

Lewis County is 16th in New York out of 62 other counties in People per household

Lewis County, New York Border Map - Phone Size

General Demographics

Size Demographics

Size Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	27,224	59th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	1,274.7	9th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	21.3	61st	411.2	87.4

People Demographics

Age Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	6.3%	7th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.8%	5th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.8%	31st	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	86.9%	40th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	13.7%	62nd	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	97.6%	1st	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	0.8%	62nd	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.2%	54th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	0.3%	62nd	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	23rd	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.0%	61st	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	61st	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	96.4%	1st	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	49.4%	51st	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	1.4%	61st	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics

Housing Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	15,022	59th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	10.4%	59th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	10,602	59th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	77.4%	9th	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$103,900	41st	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.5	16th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	86	42nd	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics

Income Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$21,472	55th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$44,281	53rd	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	13.6%	31st	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics

Business Demographics
	Lewis County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	526	60th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	4,583	60th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	1,965	59th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$175,759	61st	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$6,677	55th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$17,998	62nd	$39,813,499	$613,795,732

Other Counties in New York

Albany County, New York Allegany County, New York Bronx County, New York Broome County, New York Cattaraugus County, New York Cayuga County, New York Chautauqua County, New York Chemung County, New York Chenango County, New York Clinton County, New York Columbia County, New York Cortland County, New York Delaware County, New York Dutchess County, New York Erie County, New York Essex County, New York Franklin County, New York Fulton County, New York Genesee County, New York Greene County, New York Hamilton County, New York Herkimer County, New York Jefferson County, New York Kings County, New York Lewis County, New York Livingston County, New York Madison County, New York Monroe County, New York Montgomery County, New York Nassau County, New York New York County, New York Niagara County, New York Oneida County, New York Onondaga County, New York Ontario County, New York Orange County, New York Orleans County, New York Oswego County, New York Otsego County, New York Putnam County, New York Queens County, New York Rensselaer County, New York Richmond County, New York Rockland County, New York Saratoga County, New York Schenectady County, New York Schoharie County, New York Schuyler County, New York Seneca County, New York Steuben County, New York St Lawrence County, New York Suffolk County, New York Sullivan County, New York Tioga County, New York Tompkins County, New York Ulster County, New York Warren County, New York Washington County, New York Wayne County, New York Westchester County, New York Wyoming County, New York Yates County, New York