2022 population: 251,069 ( 4,191 from 2010 , 736 from 2020)
Land area: 5222.8 square miles
Population density: 48.1 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	219,061	87.25%	4.7%
Black:	9,002	3.59%	13.9%
Indian:	1,668	0.66%	4.6%
Asian:	3,693	1.47%	26.3%
2+ races:	5,293	2.11%	29.0%
Hispanic:	12,352	4.92%	42.9%

Total non-White:	32,008	12.75%	26.0%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	6,935	13.8
Deaths:	4,997	9.9
Net Migration:	-3,122	-6.2
Net Immigration:	379	0.8

Change in White population:	-10,789	-4.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	6,598	2.6

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
255,260
229,850	90.05%
7,904	3.10%
1,595	0.62%
2,925	1.15%
4,104	1.61%
8,646	3.39%
25,410	9.95%

2000
250,613
228,529	91.19%
8,888	3.55%
1,502	0.60%
2,047	0.82%
2,542	1.01%
6,857	2.74%
22,084	8.81%

1990
249,713
234,187	93.78%
8,037	3.22%
1,290	0.52%
1,804	0.72%
n/a
4,395	1.76%
15,526	6.22%

1980
227,440
224,032	98.50%
575	0.25%
641	0.28%
922	0.41%
n/a
1,197	0.53%
3,408	1.50%

1970
224,143
222,887	99.44%
428	0.19%
364	0.16%
172	0.08%
n/a
132	0.06%
1,256	0.56%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
30,413	12.1
19,897	7.9
-12,379	-4.9
-195	-0.1

1,321	0.5
3,326	1.3

Number	Rate
1990's
35,882	14.4
21,444	8.6
-20,214	-8.1
1,485	0.6

-5,658	-2.3
6,558	2.6

Number	Rate
1980's
35,404	15.6
21,800	9.6
10,602	4.7
n/a

10,155	4.5
12,118	5.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-12,648	-5.6
n/a

1,145	0.5
2,152	1.0

Age, Family & Household Data for Watertown, NY Market Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
36.3
55,742	22.2%
195,327	77.8%
41,470	16.5%

98,170
2.41

62,473	63.6%
47,944	76.7%
5,680	9.1%
35,697	36.4%

2010
Number	Percent
35.6
60,141	23.6%
195,119	76.4%
32,610	12.8%

95,570
2.49

63,583	66.5%
47,855	75.3%
7,000	11.0%
31,987	33.5%

2000
Number	Percent
68.7
126,458	50.5%
124,155	49.5%
61,958	24.7%

181,386
2.55

125,368	69.1%
100,140	79.9%
11,894	9.5%
56,018	30.9%

1990
Number	Percent
30.2
66,936	26.8%
182,777	73.2%
28,933	11.6%

85,039
2.72

62,299	73.3%
51,378	82.5%
4,939	7.9%
22,740	26.7%

1980
Number	Percent
28.4
68,702	30.2%
158,738	69.8%
26,683	11.7%

74,675
2.90

55,751	74.7%
47,460	85.1%
3,718	6.7%
18,924	25.3%

2022 Housing Data for Watertown, NY Market Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	5,617	5.7%
$10,000 to $14,999	4,741	4.8%
$15,000 to $19,999	4,352	4.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	4,288	4.4%
$25,000 to $29,999	4,475	4.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	4,674	4.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	4,075	4.2%
$40,000 to $44,999	3,954	4.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	4,304	4.4%
$50,000 to $59,999	7,666	7.8%
$60,000 to $74,999	10,003	10.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	13,932	14.2%
$100,000 to $124,999	9,600	9.8%
$125,000 to $149,999	6,215	6.3%
$150,000 to $199,999	6,173	6.3%
$200,000 or more	4,101	4.2%

Median Household Income	61,084
Per Capita Income	31,352

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	91

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	6,579	6.7%
Public Assistance	3,650	3.7%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	15,961	16.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	91,768	59.9%
Unemployed	6,281	4.1%
In Armed Forces	9,188	6.0%

Total Labor Force	107,237	70.0%
Not in Labor Force	46,026	30.0%

Real Unemployment Rate		34.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	29,883	23,900	55.6%
Non-Profit	4,228	6,941	37.9%
Self-Employed	6,711	3,428	66.2%

Local Government	3,824	6,964	35.4%
State Government	5,085	4,017	55.9%
Federal Government	2,948	2,238	56.8%

Total Private + Self	36,594	27,328	57.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	16,085	20,160	44.4%
Total	52,679	47,488	52.6%

Pct. Govt.	25.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	12,436	12.4%
Sales and Office Occupations	19,820	19.7%
Professional, Technical	23,000	22.9%
Service Occupations	21,733	21.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	933	0.9%
All others	23,657	23.5%

White Collar		54.9%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	16,245	36.3%
Educational services	14,073	31.5%
Retail trade	12,959	29.0%
Public administration	8,734	19.5%
Manufacturing	7,878	17.6%
Accommodation and food services	7,290	16.3%
Construction	6,820	15.2%
Other services	4,584	10.2%
Transportation and warehousing	3,439	7.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	3,120	7.0%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	3,061	6.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	2,666	6.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	2,259	5.0%
Finance and insurance	2,031	4.5%
Information	1,489	3.3%
Wholesale trade	1,411	3.2%
Utilities	1,183	2.6%
Real estate and rental and leasing	1,130	2.5%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	210	0.5%
Management	64	0.1%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	3,505	1.39%
Puerto Rican	4,443	1.76%
Cuban	122	0.05%
Dominican	982	0.39%

Total Central American	758	0.30%
Costa Rican	71	0.03%
Guatemalan	132	0.05%
Honduran	132	0.05%
Nicaraguan	28	0.01%
Panamanian	238	0.09%
Salvadoran	101	0.04%
Other Central American	56	0.02%

Total South American	1,281	0.51%
Argentinean	38	0.02%
Bolivian	38	0.02%
Chilean	15	0.01%
Colombian	480	0.19%
Ecuadorian	530	0.21%
Paraguayan	10	0.00%
Peruvian	149	0.06%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	13	0.01%
Other South American	8	0.00%

Other Hispanic	1,251	0.49%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	666	0.26%
Indian	628	0.25%
Filipino	602	0.24%
Korean	374	0.15%
Vietnamese	88	0.03%
Burmese	85	0.03%
Cambodian	47	0.02%
Bangladeshi	45	0.02%
Thai	33	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	219,379	92.5%
Spanish	6,212	2.6%
German, other Germanic	5,281	2.2%
Other Indo-European	1,460	0.6%
French, Haitian, Cajun	1,418	0.6%
Other	742	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	593	0.3%
Tagalog	570	0.2%
Chinese	498	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	38,268	15.1%
German	30,472	12.1%
English	29,283	11.6%
French	19,822	7.8%
Italian	17,428	6.9%
American	16,425	6.5%
French Canadian	10,164	4.0%
Polish	7,933	3.1%
Scottish	5,999	2.4%
Dutch	3,649	1.4%
European	3,314	1.3%
Pennsylvania German	2,277	0.9%
Canadian	1,907	0.8%
Scotch-Irish	1,901	0.8%
African	1,779	0.7%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	248,666	98.4%
Not a citizen	4,139	1.6%

Native	243,019	96.1%
Foreign-born	9,786	3.9%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
5,730	3.5%	10,188	6.2%	57,434	34.9%	52,053	31.6%	21,762	13.2%	17,381	10.6%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	5,730	3.5%
9-12 Years	10,188	6.2%
H.S. Grad or GED	57,434	34.9%
Some College	52,053	31.6%
Bach. Degree	21,762	13.2%
Grad Degree	17,381	10.6%
Average years of education: 13.3

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	108,976	100,076	8,900	8.2%
1991	111,308	99,893	11,415	10.3%
1992	110,928	98,653	12,275	11.1%
1993	108,600	97,645	10,955	10.1%
1994	108,201	97,732	10,469	9.7%
1995	107,255	98,008	9,247	8.6%
1996	107,481	98,637	8,844	8.2%
1997	109,435	100,266	9,169	8.4%
1998	108,734	99,418	9,316	8.6%
1999	109,038	99,633	9,405	8.6%

2000	106,360	100,317	6,043	5.7%
2001	106,142	99,571	6,571	6.2%
2002	108,378	101,134	7,244	6.7%
2003	107,660	100,174	7,486	7.0%
2004	107,649	100,117	7,532	7.0%
2005	108,941	102,299	6,642	6.1%
2006	111,110	104,912	6,198	5.6%
2007	109,726	103,674	6,052	5.5%
2008	111,307	103,692	7,615	6.8%
2009	112,090	101,550	10,540	9.4%

2010	113,126	101,945	11,181	9.9%
2011	110,380	99,253	11,127	10.1%
2012	109,143	98,050	11,093	10.2%
2013	109,005	98,712	10,293	9.4%
2014	105,429	97,241	8,188	7.8%
2015	102,025	94,898	7,127	7.0%
2016	100,830	94,223	6,607	6.6%
2017	99,802	93,246	6,556	6.6%
2018	99,360	93,826	5,534	5.6%
2019	98,216	92,970	5,246	5.3%

2020	97,538	89,410	8,128	8.3%
2021	99,177	94,093	5,084	5.1%
2022	98,846	94,838	4,008	4.1%
2023	99,279	94,946	4,333	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	128,854
Median Value	$144,711

Occupied	98,170	76.2%
Vacant	30,684	23.8%

Owned	63,264	64.4%
Rented	34,906	35.6%
Median Rent	$955

Single-Family Units	87,969	68.3%
Detached	83,660	64.9%
Attached	4,309	3.3%
Buldings with 5+ Units	11,920	9.3%
Mobile Homes	14,134	11.0%

Watertown, NY Market Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Watertown, NY Market Area

2022 Housing Data for Watertown, NY Market Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Watertown, NY Market Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Watertown, NY Market Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Watertown, NY Market Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Watertown, NY Market Area