2024 population: 5,082 ( 13 from 2020)
Land area: 1717.4 square miles
Population density: 3.0 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	4,766	93.78%	1.4%
Black:	67	1.32%	24.1%
Indian:	12	0.24%	7.7%
Asian:	40	0.79%	2.6%
2+ races:	77	1.52%	18.5%
Hispanic:	120	2.36%	30.4%

Total non-White:	316	6.22%	20.2%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	100	4.9
Deaths:	316	15.5
Net Migration:	205	10.1
Net Immigration:	-3	-0.1

Change in White population:	-66	-1.3
Change in Non-White pop.:	53	1.0

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
5,095
4,832	94.84%
54	1.06%
13	0.26%
39	0.77%
65	1.28%
92	1.81%
263	5.16%

2010
4,836
4,664	96.44%
33	0.68%
11	0.23%
28	0.58%
48	0.99%
51	1.05%
172	3.56%

2000
5,379
5,223	97.10%
24	0.45%
14	0.26%
10	0.19%
37	0.69%
57	1.06%
156	2.90%

1990
5,279
5,225	98.98%
20	0.38%
6	0.11%
5	0.09%
n/a
23	0.44%
54	1.02%

1980
5,034
5,009	99.50%
0	0.00%
6	0.12%
2	0.04%
n/a
13	0.26%
25	0.50%

1970
4,714
4,703	99.77%
5	0.11%
1	0.02%
4	0.08%
n/a
0	0.00%
11	0.23%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
279	5.8
556	11.5
-136	-2.8
-11	-0.2

168	3.5
91	1.9

Number	Rate
2000's
367	6.8
601	11.2
-192	-3.6
-2	-0.0

-559	-10.4
16	0.3

Number	Rate
1990's
476	9.0
612	11.6
125	2.4
5	0.1

-2	-0.0
102	1.9

Number	Rate
1980's
582	11.6
665	13.2
390	7.7
n/a

216	4.3
29	0.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
299	6.3
n/a

306	6.5
14	0.3

Age, Family & Household Data for Hamilton County, NY

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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
56.4
665	13.1%
4,417	86.9%
1,629	32.1%

1,725
2.83

1,158	67.1%
1,008	87.0%
60	5.2%
567	32.9%

2010
Number	Percent
51.3
795	16.4%
4,041	83.6%
1,130	23.4%

2,262
2.10

1,387	61.3%
1,153	83.1%
87	6.3%
875	38.7%

2000
Number	Percent
45.5
1,066	19.8%
4,313	80.2%
1,081	20.1%

2,382
2.22

1,576	66.2%
1,330	84.4%
81	5.1%
806	33.8%

1990
Number	Percent
39.9
1,142	21.6%
4,137	78.4%
901	17.1%

2,160
2.41

1,512	70.0%
1,269	83.9%
94	6.2%
648	30.0%

1980
Number	Percent
37.7
1,345	26.7%
3,689	73.3%
837	16.6%

1,915
2.61

1,416	73.9%
1,264	89.3%
42	3.0%
499	26.1%

2022 Housing Data for Hamilton County, NY

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	52	3.0%
$10,000 to $14,999	72	4.2%
$15,000 to $19,999	43	2.5%
$20,000 to $24,999	69	4.0%
$25,000 to $29,999	68	3.9%
$30,000 to $34,999	65	3.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	63	3.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	87	5.0%
$45,000 to $49,999	122	7.1%
$50,000 to $59,999	143	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	150	8.7%
$75,000 to $99,999	259	15.0%
$100,000 to $124,999	173	10.0%
$125,000 to $149,999	123	7.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	146	8.5%
$200,000 or more	90	5.2%

Median Household Income	66,891
Per Capita Income	37,326

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	69
Compared to U.S.	92

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	64	3.7%
Public Assistance	20	1.2%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	104	6.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	1,829	64.5%
Unemployed	105	3.7%
In Armed Forces	3	0.1%

Total Labor Force	1,937	68.3%
Not in Labor Force	899	31.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		35.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	469	328	58.8%
Non-Profit	105	104	50.2%
Self-Employed	425	98	81.3%

Local Government	195	278	41.2%
State Government	52	147	26.1%
Federal Government	0	21	0.0%

Total Private + Self	894	426	67.7%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	352	550	39.0%
Total	1,246	976	56.1%

Pct. Govt.	31.2%
Pct. Private + Self	59.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	450	20.2%
Sales and Office Occupations	426	19.1%
Professional, Technical	362	16.3%
Service Occupations	464	20.8%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	58	2.6%
All others	525	23.6%

White Collar		55.6%

Industry
	Number	%
Construction	416	18.7%
Educational services	273	12.3%
Public administration	247	11.1%
Accommodation and food services	219	9.8%
Health care and social assistance	191	8.6%
Retail trade	170	7.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	103	4.6%
Transportation and warehousing	79	3.5%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	78	3.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	77	3.5%
Manufacturing	72	3.2%
Professional, scientific, technical	63	2.8%
Other services	58	2.6%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	43	1.9%
Information	43	1.9%
Finance and insurance	40	1.8%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	26	1.2%
Utilities	17	0.8%
Wholesale trade	12	0.5%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	0	0.00%
Puerto Rican	29	0.57%
Cuban	7	0.14%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	20	0.39%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	13	0.26%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	7	0.14%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	37	0.73%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	1	0.02%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	36	0.71%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	9	0.18%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	16	0.31%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	4,838	98.0%
Spanish	45	0.9%
Other Indo-European	29	0.6%
Chinese	14	0.3%
German, other Germanic	11	0.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	1,026	20.2%
English	936	18.4%
German	824	16.2%
American	688	13.5%
Italian	295	5.8%
French	251	4.9%
Dutch	248	4.9%
Polish	230	4.5%
Scottish	143	2.8%
Czech	85	1.7%
French Canadian	83	1.6%
Norwegian	80	1.6%
European	71	1.4%
Welsh	53	1.0%
Swedish	42	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	5,078	99.8%
Not a citizen	12	0.2%

Native	5,003	98.3%
Foreign-born	87	1.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
105	2.6%	477	11.6%	1,223	29.8%	1,343	32.7%	548	13.3%	411	10.0%
Average years of education: 13.3

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	105	2.6%
9-12 Years	477	11.6%
H.S. Grad or GED	1,223	29.8%
Some College	1,343	32.7%
Bach. Degree	548	13.3%
Grad Degree	411	10.0%
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	2,759	2,512	247	9.0%	5.3%
1991	2,907	2,602	305	10.5%	7.3%
1992	2,854	2,513	341	11.9%	8.7%
1993	2,807	2,489	318	11.3%	7.9%
1994	2,670	2,372	298	11.2%	6.9%
1995	2,507	2,222	285	11.4%	6.3%
1996	2,513	2,234	279	11.1%	6.2%
1997	2,539	2,252	287	11.3%	6.4%
1998	2,506	2,225	281	11.2%	5.6%
1999	2,606	2,337	269	10.3%	5.2%

2000	2,855	2,698	157	5.5%	4.5%
2001	2,756	2,624	132	4.8%	4.9%
2002	2,916	2,768	148	5.1%	6.2%
2003	2,950	2,789	161	5.5%	6.4%
2004	3,056	2,885	171	5.6%	5.8%
2005	3,166	2,993	173	5.5%	5.0%
2006	3,120	2,964	156	5.0%	4.5%
2007	3,201	3,053	148	4.6%	4.4%
2008	3,054	2,866	188	6.2%	5.4%
2009	3,016	2,787	229	7.6%	8.4%

2010	2,506	2,254	252	10.1%	8.7%
2011	2,448	2,203	245	10.0%	8.3%
2012	2,448	2,181	267	10.9%	8.6%
2013	2,430	2,191	239	9.8%	7.8%
2014	2,427	2,245	182	7.5%	6.3%
2015	2,430	2,265	165	6.8%	5.2%
2016	2,366	2,210	156	6.6%	4.9%
2017	2,314	2,143	171	7.4%	4.6%
2018	2,285	2,129	156	6.8%	4.1%
2019	2,207	2,081	126	5.7%	3.8%

2020	2,141	1,972	169	7.9%	10.0%
2021	2,221	2,120	101	4.5%	7.0%
2022	2,197	2,103	94	4.3%	4.3%
2023	2,242	2,130	112	5.0%	4.2%
2024	2,107	1,999	108	5.1%	4.3%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	7,920
Median Value	$204,900

Occupied	1,725	21.8%
Vacant	6,195	78.2%

Owned	1,465	84.9%
Rented	260	15.1%
Median Rent	$902

Single-Family Units	6,879	86.9%
Detached	6,851	86.5%
Attached	28	0.4%
Buldings with 5+ Units	55	0.7%
Mobile Homes	896	11.3%

Hamilton County, NY

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Hamilton County, NY

2022 Housing Data for Hamilton County, NY

2022 Income & Employment Data for Hamilton County, NY

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Hamilton County, NY

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Hamilton County, NY

Historical Labor Force Data for Hamilton County, NY