Oswego County, New York QuickFacts

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People QuickFacts Oswego County New York
?  Population, 2000 122,37718,976,457
?  Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 0.5%5.5%
?  Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 6.2%6.5%
?  Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 26.8%24.7%
?  Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 11.3%12.9%
?  White persons, percent, 2000 (a) 97.2%67.9%
?  Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.6%15.9%
?  American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%0.4%
?  Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) 0.4%5.5%
?  Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) ZZ
?  Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) 0.5%7.1%
?  Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 0.9%3.1%
?  Female population, percent, 2000 50.6%51.8%
?  Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) 1.3%15.1%
?  White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 96.5%62.0%
?  High school graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 53,6708,840,965
?  College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990 9,2502,733,829
?  Housing units, 2000 52,8317,679,307
?  Homeownership rate, 2000 72.8%53.0%
?  Households, 2000 45,5227,056,860
?  Persons per household, 2000 2.602.61
?  Households with persons under 18 years, percent, 2000 37.7%35.0%
?  Median household money income, 1997 model-based estimate $35,809$36,369
?  Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 14.1%15.6%
?  Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model-based estimate 21.1%24.7%

Business QuickFacts Oswego County New York
?  Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998 2,017481,962
?  Private nonfarm employment, 1998 23,7726,993,814
?  Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998 -2.6%-1.2%
?  Nonemployer establishments, 1997 5,0771,101,776
?  Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) 2,210,695146,720,195
?  Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) 747,124139,303,944
?  Retail sales per capita, 1997 $5,992$7,678
?  Minority-owned firms, 1992 NA160,751
?  Women-owned firms, 1992 2,090395,944
?  Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999 26742,593
?  Federal funds and grants, 1999 ($1000) 420,765101,808,595
?  Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 6,312860,168

Geography QuickFacts Oswego County New York
?  Land area, 2000 (square miles) 95347,214
?  Persons per square mile, 2000 128.4401.9
?  Metropolitan Area Syracuse, NY MSA 

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

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X: Not applicable
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Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown