Oswego County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	117,824	20,927	17.80%	+/-4.5
AGE
Under 18 years	28,818	8,648	30.00%	+/-11.4		Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a county to view it's data.
Related children under 18 years	28,563	8,393	29.40%	+/-11.5
18 to 64 years	75,586	11,141	14.70%	+/-3.2
65 years and over	13,420	1,138	8.50%	+/-3.0
SEX
Male	58,967	10,478	17.80%	+/-5.2
Female	58,857	10,449	17.80%	+/-4.3		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	114,366	19,464	17.00%	+/-4.6
Black or African American	N	N	N	N
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	N	N	N	N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	N	N	N	N
Two or more races	N	N	N	N
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	N	N	N	N
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	113,679	18,856	16.60%	+/-4.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	76,713	8,654	11.30%	+/-2.5
Less than high school graduate	11,555	1,778	15.40%	+/-5.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	31,980	3,285	10.30%	+/-3.0
Some college, associate's degree	22,135	2,962	13.40%	+/-6.5
Bachelor's degree or higher	11,043	629	5.70%	+/-3.2
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	59,364	6,090	10.30%	+/-3.2
Employed	54,335	4,503	8.30%	+/-3.2
Male	29,336	2,168	7.40%	+/-3.6
Female	24,999	2,335	9.30%	+/-3.6
Unemployed	5,029	1,587	31.60%	+/-11.7
Male	2,241	781	34.90%	+/-16.7
Female	2,788	806	28.90%	+/-14.5
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	92,930	12,823	13.80%	+/-2.7
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	35,282	1,592	4.50%	+/-3.0
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	27,951	5,205	18.60%	+/-4.6
Did not work	29,697	6,026	20.30%	+/-3.9
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	8,732	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	29,246	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	34,853	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	42,349	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	45,351	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	24,658	6,233	25.30%	+/-5.4
Male	12,379	2,648	21.40%	+/-8.8
Female	12,279	3,585	29.20%	+/-6.6
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,965	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	10,071	392	3.90%	+/-3.4
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	7,891	2,758	35.00%	+/-11.7
Did not work	6,696	3,083	46.00%	+/-7.9
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	21.20%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau