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Essex County Socioeconomic Profile
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1980 |
1990 |
| Population Demographics |
| 1. Population Size |
35,086 |
35,500 |
34,631 |
36,176 |
37,152 |
| 2. Occupied Dwelling Units |
9,793 |
10,072 |
10,660 |
12,879 |
13,721 |
| 3. % Persons Age 21-64 Years |
52.1 |
48.2 |
47.7 |
52.1 |
57.5 |
| 4. % Persons Age 65+ Years |
10.2 |
11.5 |
12.3 |
14.6 |
14.7 |
| 5. % Persons Age 85+ Years |
0.6 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
| 6. % Persons Age 1-20 Years |
37.7 |
40.3 |
40.0 |
33.3 |
27.8 |
| Persons Employed and Services Industry |
| 7. Number of Persons Employed |
10,981 |
11,360 |
11,978 |
13,032 |
15,289 |
| 8. Women as a % of the Work Force |
24.0 |
30.2 |
35.2 |
42.0 |
45.1 |
| 9. % Managers, Professionals |
17.4 |
18.9 |
18.9 |
22.7 |
24.4 |
| 10. % in Tertiary-Services |
64.1 |
68.2 |
77.8 |
78.3 |
83.6 |
| 11. % in Retail-Wholesale |
14.6 |
17.2 |
13.8 |
18.3 |
18.6 |
| 12. % in Finance, Insur., & Real Estate |
1.5 |
2.4 |
3.8 |
4.0 |
4.2 |
| 13. % in Education Services |
5.3 |
7.5 |
9.5 |
12.2 |
10.2 |
| 14. % in Health Services |
6.6 |
3.8 |
6.7 |
7.2 |
9.5 |
| 15. % in Public Administration |
4.2 |
4.4 |
6.7 |
8.3 |
9.0 |
| Manufacturing Industry |
| 16. % in Manufacturing |
17.5 |
17.3 |
13.3 |
16.7 |
13.3 |
| 17. # Manuf. Estab., 100+ Employees* |
3 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
| 18. # Manuf. Estab., 20-99 Employees* |
7 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
| 19. # Manuf. Estab., 1-19 Employees* |
45 |
57 |
49 |
52 |
48 |
| Agriculture and Extraction Industry |
| 20. % in Agrigulture, Extraction |
18.3 |
14.5 |
8.9 |
5.1 |
3.0 |
| 21. Number of Farms+ |
1,156 |
529 |
285 |
253 |
219 |
| 22. Number of Acres Harvested+ |
42,246 |
32,798 |
19,567 |
26,102 |
20,283 |
| 23. Adj. Mkt. Value of all Agric. Prods.+ |
13,159 |
9,077 |
8,995 |
9,358 |
9,198 |
| Socioeconomic Attainment |
| 24. Per Capita Income |
679 |
1,521 |
2,625 |
7,549 |
15,128 |
| 25. Adjusted Per Capita Income |
2,810 |
5,334 |
7,710 |
12,735 |
15,128 |
| 26. % Persons With Some College Ed. |
14.2 |
14.2 |
18.0 |
29.1 |
28.7 |
| 27. % Unemployed in Labor Force |
9.5 |
9.7 |
4.9 |
14.5 |
8.6 |
| 28. % Families in Poverty |
34.9 |
23.5 |
15.5 |
15.1 |
13.8 |
| 29. % Children in Poverty (Age 0-18) |
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34.0 |
16.6 |
14.5 |
| 30. % Families in Affluence |
10.1 |
10.0 |
12.3 |
12.9 |
10.6 |
| Personal and Social Well-Being |
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| 31. % Separated & Divorced |
14.0 |
3.9 |
5.6 |
10.0 |
14.1 |
| 32. % of Births out of Wedlock |
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4.1 |
8.0 |
11.3 |
21.4 |
| 33. Infant Mortality per 1,000 Births |
30.3 |
15.6 |
24.3 |
9.0 |
3.6 |
| 34. Homicides per 100,000 Pop. |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.9 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
| 35. Suicides per 100,000 Pop. |
17.1 |
14.1 |
14.4 |
5.5 |
10.8 |
| 36. Stroke deaths per 100,000 Pop. |
156.8 |
172.8 |
150.2 |
77.4 |
70.0 |
| 37. All Accidental Deaths per 100,000 |
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82.2 |
78.0 |
49.8 |
37.7 |
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* Manufacturing establishments are for 1947, 1962, 1972 & 1987
+ Farms are for 1949, 1959, 1969, 1978 & 1987
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SOURCE: Eberts, Paul R. 1994.
Socioeconomic Trends in New York State: 1950-1990. Second Edition.
New York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources. Albany, NY. |
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Appendix VII: 1990 Central Adirondacks Study Area Socioeconomic Profile
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