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County / FIPS 36045

Jefferson County

New York

Jefferson County runs 39 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 3 Medicare-certified hospitals reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.

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At a glance

Public schools

39schools

Hospitals

3facilities

With a star rating

1facilities

Land area

1,268sq mi

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Jefferson County in numbers

American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.

Population

115,040people

549th of 3,222

Median household income

$66,301

1495th of 3,222, tied with 2

Poverty rate

13.7%

1677th of 3,222

Unemployment rate

5.9%

± 1.0% — wide margin, not ranked

Median home value

$188,200

1541st of 3,222, tied with 2

Median gross rent

$1,213

516th of 3,222, tied with 1

Bachelor's degree or higher

26.5%

1062nd of 3,222

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2024 5-year estimates. Margins of error are the Bureau’s own, at 90% confidence; margins for rates are derived using the Bureau’s published formulas.

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Federal money

Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Jefferson County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.

Obligations, FY2025

$961.0M

541st of 3,233 among counties

Per resident

$8,2332020 population

Change since FY2021

+4%nominal

Fiscal years covered

5years

Federal obligations in Jefferson County, FY2021–FY2025
$850M$900M$950M
$961M
202120232025
▸ View as table
PeriodObligations
2021$926M
2022$862M
2023$883M
2024$908M
2025$961M

Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Jefferson County ranks 541st of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.

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Hospitals in Jefferson County

Hospitals in Jefferson County
HospitalCityCMS rating
Samaritan Medical CenterWatertown
River Hospital ClinicsAlexandria BayNot rated
Carthage Area Hospital, IncCarthageNot rated
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Public schools in Jefferson County

Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.

Public schools in Jefferson County
SchoolDistrictCityEnrollment
Alexandria Central Elementary SchoolAlexandria Central School DistrictAlexandria Bay231
Alexandria Central High SchoolAlexandria Central School DistrictAlexandria Bay229
Antwerp Primary SchoolIndian River Central School DistrictAntwerp185
Bashaw Elementary SchoolThousand Islands Central School DistrictClayton125
Belleville Henderson Central SchoolBelleville-Henderson Central School DistrictAdams502
Black River SchoolCarthage Central School DistrictBlack River460
Brownville SchoolGeneral Brown Central School DistrictBrownville409
Calcium Primary SchoolIndian River Central School DistrictCalcium545
Carthage Elementary SchoolCarthage Central School DistrictCarthage378
Carthage Middle SchoolCarthage Central School DistrictCarthage899
Carthage Senior High SchoolCarthage Central School DistrictCarthage815
Case Middle SchoolWatertown City School DistrictWatertown626
Clarke Middle SchoolSouth Jefferson Central School DistrictAdams435
Dexter Elementary SchoolGeneral Brown Central School DistrictDexter316
Evans Mills Primary SchoolIndian River Central School DistrictEvans Mills375
General Brown Junior-Senior High SchoolGeneral Brown Central School DistrictDexter661
Guardino Elementary SchoolThousand Islands Central School DistrictClayton293
Harold T Wiley SchoolWatertown City School DistrictWatertown574
Indian River High SchoolIndian River Central School DistrictPhiladelphia781
Indian River Intermediate SchoolIndian River Central School DistrictPhiladelphia544
Indian River Middle SchoolIndian River Central School DistrictPhiladelphia672
Knickerbocker SchoolWatertown City School DistrictWatertown364
La Fargeville Central SchoolLa Fargeville Central School DistrictLa Fargeville496
Lyme Central SchoolLyme Central School DistrictChaumont337
Mannsville Manor Elementary SchoolSouth Jefferson Central School DistrictMannsville319
Maynard P Wilson Elementary SchoolSouth Jefferson Central School DistrictAdams Center520
North Elementary SchoolWatertown City School DistrictWatertown455
Ohio Street SchoolWatertown City School DistrictWatertown301
Philadelphia Primary SchoolIndian River Central School DistrictPhiladelphia114
Sackets Harbor Central SchoolSackets Harbor Central School DistrictSackets Harbor410
Sherman SchoolWatertown City School DistrictWatertown320
South Jefferson High SchoolSouth Jefferson Central School DistrictAdams553
Starbuck Elementary SchoolWatertown City School DistrictWatertown185
Theresa Primary SchoolIndian River Central School DistrictTheresa187
Thousand Islands High SchoolThousand Islands Central School DistrictClayton247
Thousand Islands Middle SchoolThousand Islands Central School DistrictClayton209
Watertown Senior High SchoolWatertown City School DistrictWatertown1,083
West Carthage Elementary SchoolCarthage Central School DistrictCarthage348
Jefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCESJefferson-Lewis-Hamilton-Herkimer-Oneida BOCESWatertown258
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