2024 population: 113,140 ( 3,576 from 2020)
Land area: 1268.7 square miles
Population density: 89.2 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	91,161	80.57%	5.1%
Black:	6,517	5.76%	1.8%
Indian:	479	0.42%	13.7%
Asian:	2,337	2.07%	7.0%
2+ races:	3,357	2.97%	5.3%
Hispanic:	9,289	8.21%	15.1%

Total non-White:	21,979	19.43%	6.5%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	7,655	16.4
Deaths:	4,505	9.6
Net Migration:	-8,240	-17.6
Net Immigration:	1,437	3.1

Change in White population:	-4,925	-4.2
Change in Non-White pop.:	1,349	1.2

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
116,716
96,086	82.32%
6,635	5.68%
555	0.48%
2,184	1.87%
3,189	2.73%
8,067	6.91%
20,630	17.68%

2010
116,229
99,682	85.76%
5,475	4.71%
500	0.43%
1,737	1.49%
2,571	2.21%
6,143	5.29%
16,547	14.24%

2000
111,738
97,389	87.16%
6,257	5.60%
500	0.45%
1,147	1.03%
1,605	1.44%
4,677	4.19%
14,349	12.84%

1990
110,943
100,125	90.25%
6,419	5.79%
408	0.37%
968	0.87%
n/a
3,023	2.72%
10,818	9.75%

1980
88,151
86,682	98.33%
286	0.32%
225	0.26%
374	0.42%
n/a
551	0.63%
1,469	1.67%

1970
88,508
88,021	99.45%
209	0.24%
97	0.11%
70	0.08%
n/a
54	0.06%
487	0.55%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
19,170	16.5
8,295	7.1
-20,453	-17.6
3,033	2.6

-3,596	-3.1
4,083	3.5

Number	Rate
2000's
15,859	14.2
8,008	7.2
-6,842	-6.1
-858	-0.8

2,293	2.1
2,198	2.0

Number	Rate
1990's
18,944	17.1
8,954	8.1
-16,822	-15.2
872	0.8

-2,736	-2.5
3,531	3.2

Number	Rate
1980's
15,830	18.0
9,316	10.6
17,582	19.9
n/a

13,443	15.2
9,349	10.6

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-5,767	-6.5
n/a

-1,339	-1.5
982	1.1

Age, Family & Household Data for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro 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
32.8
27,944	24.7%
85,196	75.3%
16,666	14.7%

46,099
2.44

30,093	65.3%
23,134	76.9%
2,745	9.1%
16,006	34.7%

2010
Number	Percent
32.6
29,633	25.5%
86,596	74.5%
12,981	11.2%

43,451
2.53

29,633	68.2%
22,194	74.9%
3,729	12.6%
13,818	31.8%

2000
Number	Percent
32.6
29,551	26.4%
82,187	73.6%
12,701	11.4%

40,108
2.58

28,250	70.4%
22,776	80.6%
2,692	9.5%
11,858	29.6%

1990
Number	Percent
29.5
30,506	27.5%
80,437	72.5%
12,151	11.0%

37,893
2.73

28,363	74.9%
23,516	82.9%
2,172	7.7%
9,530	25.1%

1980
Number	Percent
30.4
27,030	30.7%
61,121	69.3%
11,518	13.1%

30,687
2.83

22,718	74.0%
19,210	84.6%
1,579	7.0%
7,969	26.0%

2022 Housing Data for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	2,346	5.1%
$10,000 to $14,999	1,999	4.3%
$15,000 to $19,999	1,558	3.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	1,676	3.6%
$25,000 to $29,999	1,910	4.1%
$30,000 to $34,999	2,472	5.4%
$35,000 to $39,999	2,240	4.9%
$40,000 to $44,999	1,758	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	2,283	5.0%
$50,000 to $59,999	3,651	7.9%
$60,000 to $74,999	4,675	10.1%
$75,000 to $99,999	7,286	15.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	4,493	9.7%
$125,000 to $149,999	2,825	6.1%
$150,000 to $199,999	3,014	6.5%
$200,000 or more	1,913	4.1%

Median Household Income	62,782
Per Capita Income	32,775

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	96

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	2,808	6.1%
Public Assistance	1,737	3.8%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	7,640	16.6%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	39,459	57.0%
Unemployed	2,800	4.0%
In Armed Forces	9,071	13.1%

Total Labor Force	51,330	74.2%
Not in Labor Force	17,877	25.8%

Real Unemployment Rate		29.9%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	13,857	11,680	54.3%
Non-Profit	1,341	2,890	31.7%
Self-Employed	2,198	1,342	62.1%

Local Government	1,527	2,478	38.1%
State Government	1,752	1,212	59.1%
Federal Government	2,013	1,549	56.5%

Total Private + Self	16,055	13,022	55.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	6,633	8,129	44.9%
Total	22,688	21,151	51.8%

Pct. Govt.	24.0%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	5,544	12.6%
Sales and Office Occupations	9,773	22.2%
Professional, Technical	9,472	21.5%
Service Occupations	9,307	21.1%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	260	0.6%
All others	9,937	22.6%

White Collar		56.3%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	7,079	16.1%
Retail trade	6,734	15.3%
Public administration	4,549	10.3%
Educational services	4,497	10.2%
Accommodation and food services	3,509	8.0%
Manufacturing	3,013	6.8%
Construction	2,848	6.5%
Other services	2,028	4.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,634	3.7%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	1,583	3.6%
Transportation and warehousing	1,497	3.4%
Finance and insurance	1,059	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	838	1.9%
Information	801	1.8%
Wholesale trade	731	1.7%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	672	1.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	603	1.4%
Utilities	291	0.7%
Management	54	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	13	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	2,946	2.51%
Puerto Rican	3,263	2.78%
Cuban	75	0.06%
Dominican	617	0.53%

Total Central American	573	0.49%
Costa Rican	4	0.00%
Guatemalan	85	0.07%
Honduran	103	0.09%
Nicaraguan	28	0.02%
Panamanian	210	0.18%
Salvadoran	87	0.07%
Other Central American	56	0.05%

Total South American	1,033	0.88%
Argentinean	14	0.01%
Bolivian	36	0.03%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	376	0.32%
Ecuadorian	486	0.41%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	110	0.09%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	11	0.01%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	819	0.70%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Indian	462	0.39%
Filipino	397	0.34%
Chinese	339	0.29%
Korean	301	0.26%
Burmese	64	0.05%
Cambodian	47	0.04%
Vietnamese	15	0.01%
Indonesian	13	0.01%
Thai	12	0.01%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	99,067	91.1%
Spanish	4,663	4.3%
German, other Germanic	1,622	1.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	719	0.7%
Other Indo-European	628	0.6%
Other	473	0.4%
Tagalog	404	0.4%
Other Asian	302	0.3%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	292	0.3%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Irish	19,209	16.4%
German	15,078	12.8%
English	14,525	12.4%
Italian	9,700	8.3%
French	7,680	6.5%
American	6,568	5.6%
Polish	3,785	3.2%
French Canadian	3,165	2.7%
Scottish	2,530	2.2%
Dutch	1,819	1.5%
European	1,773	1.5%
African	1,665	1.4%
British	831	0.7%
Welsh	781	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	757	0.6%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	115,313	98.2%
Not a citizen	2,132	1.8%

Native	111,912	95.3%
Foreign-born	5,533	4.7%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
2,024	2.7%	4,261	5.7%	24,012	32.2%	25,479	34.2%	11,185	15.0%	7,624	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.4

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	2,024	2.7%
9-12 Years	4,261	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	24,012	32.2%
Some College	25,479	34.2%
Bach. Degree	11,185	15.0%
Grad Degree	7,624	10.2%
Average years of education: 13.4

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	94,180	85,984	8,196	8.7%
1991	93,216	82,938	10,278	11.0%
1992	93,122	81,724	11,398	12.2%
1993	90,064	79,942	10,122	11.2%
1994	88,750	79,734	9,016	10.2%
1995	87,768	79,888	7,880	9.0%
1996	88,082	80,608	7,474	8.5%
1997	90,008	81,996	8,012	8.9%
1998	89,014	80,726	8,288	9.3%
1999	89,290	81,184	8,106	9.1%

2000	89,752	84,498	5,254	5.9%
2001	89,800	84,130	5,670	6.3%
2002	91,798	85,550	6,248	6.8%
2003	91,868	85,538	6,330	6.9%
2004	92,360	85,886	6,474	7.0%
2005	94,160	88,368	5,792	6.2%
2006	96,844	91,552	5,292	5.5%
2007	96,072	90,914	5,158	5.4%
2008	97,770	91,178	6,592	6.7%
2009	99,078	90,184	8,894	9.0%

2010	100,670	91,196	9,474	9.4%
2011	97,988	88,378	9,610	9.8%
2012	96,718	87,058	9,660	10.0%
2013	96,596	87,458	9,138	9.5%
2014	93,108	85,958	7,150	7.7%
2015	92,902	86,732	6,170	6.6%
2016	91,382	85,590	5,792	6.3%
2017	89,892	84,064	5,828	6.5%
2018	88,862	83,920	4,942	5.6%
2019	87,474	82,798	4,676	5.3%

2020	86,590	79,084	7,506	8.7%
2021	88,180	83,684	4,496	5.1%
2022	88,476	84,928	3,548	4.0%
2023	88,634	84,776	3,858	4.4%
2024	89,664	85,706	3,958	4.4%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	61,573
Median Value	$169,600

Occupied	46,099	74.9%
Vacant	15,474	25.1%

Owned	25,123	54.5%
Rented	20,976	45.5%
Median Rent	$1,143

Single-Family Units	38,581	62.7%
Detached	34,954	56.8%
Attached	3,627	5.9%
Buldings with 5+ Units	6,816	11.1%
Mobile Homes	6,983	11.3%

Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for Watertown-Fort Drum, NY Metro Area