Demographics of Chautauqua County, New York

Chautauqua County, New York had 124,126 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −3,257 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the American Community Survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Chautauqua County, in four figures

124,126
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −2.6%
Change since July 2020: −3,257 people.; 42.9 ±0.3
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $58,351 ±$1,736
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. Each year's change is births less deaths, net moves from abroad and net moves from elsewhere in the country, with the Bureau's small residual. The 2020 row's components run 3 months, from the April census to July 1.

Chautauqua County, New York's population shrank 2.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Chautauqua County, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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Chautauqua County, New York's population shrank 2.6% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Chautauqua County, New York's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	127,383	100.0	100.0
2021	126,549	99.3	100.2
2022	125,558	98.6	100.7
2023	125,061	98.2	101.6
2024	124,697	97.9	102.5
2025	124,126	97.4	103.1

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Population of Chautauqua County, New York on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change	Births less deaths	From abroad	From elsewhere in the country
2020	127,383	−267	−27	+1	−223
2021	126,549	−834	−515	+25	−425
2022	125,558	−991	−647	+89	−358
2023	125,061	−497	−466	+163	−166
2024	124,697	−364	−315	+150	−188
2025	124,126	−571	−326	+86	−332

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.9 ±0.3: for men 41.8 ±0.4 and for women 44.1 ±0.3. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Chautauqua County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New York	United States
Under 5	6,429 ±108	5.1% ±0.1	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	19,374 ±622	15.4% ±0.5	15.0% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	11,499 ±603	9.2% ±0.5	8.9% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	28,256 ±618	22.5% ±0.5	27.1% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	33,069 ±799	26.3% ±0.6	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	26,917 ±876	21.4% ±0.7	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $58,351 ±$1,736, and income per person $32,691 ±$800, in 2024 dollars. The median is $85,974 ±$402 in New York and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Chautauqua County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New York	United States
Under $25,000	11,027 ±662	20.7% ±1.2	16.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	12,052 ±766	22.6% ±1.4	15.1% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	9,540 ±703	17.9% ±1.3	13.6% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	6,992 ±504	13.1% ±0.9	11.4% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	8,081 ±615	15.1% ±1.1	16.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	3,430 ±368	6.4% ±0.7	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	2,271 ±291	4.3% ±0.5	17.1% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Chautauqua County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New York	United States
All ages	21,053 ±1,382	17.4% ±1.1	14.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	6,023 ±579	24.2% ±2.1	18.3% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	11,022 ±884	18.3% ±1.4	12.8% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	4,008 ±379	11.3% ±1.0	13.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Chautauqua County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Chautauqua County	New York	United States
Housing units	66,476 ±257	8,585,241 ±652	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	80.3% ±1.1	90.0% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	19.7% ±1.2	10.0% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	68.9% ±0.9	54.3% ±0.2	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	31.1% ±1.4	45.7% ±0.1	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$127,900 ±$4,463	$423,800 ±$1,627	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$812 ±$21	$1,621 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1953 ±1	1959 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Chautauqua County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New York	United States
Hispanic or Latino	12,039 ±0	9.6% ±<0.1	19.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	105,033 ±418	83.7% ±0.3	52.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	2,670 ±304	2.1% ±0.2	13.4% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	876 ±143	0.7% ±0.1	9.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	161 ±68	0.1% ±0.1	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 142	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	435 ±170	0.3% ±0.1	1.0% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	4,259 ±573	3.4% ±0.5	3.8% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Chautauqua County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New York	United States
Born in the state	93,947 ±1,279	74.8% ±1.0	62.4% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	24,582 ±1,177	19.6% ±0.9	12.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	3,755 ±502	3.0% ±0.4	2.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	3,260 ±604	2.6% ±0.5	22.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,698 ±399	1.4% ±0.3	13.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,562 ±406	1.2% ±0.3	9.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Chautauqua County among the counties of New York

23rd of 62 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the New York page.

Counties of New York near Chautauqua County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Niagara County	208,912	−1.5%
Broome County	195,736	−1.2%
Ulster County	183,330	+1.1%
Schenectady County	162,581	+3.0%
Rensselaer County	160,510	−0.2%
Chautauqua County	124,126	−2.6%
Oswego County	118,569	+1.0%
Ontario County	113,130	+0.6%
Jefferson County	111,540	−3.9%
St. Lawrence County	105,488	−2.5%
Tompkins County	104,047	−1.4%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 3 Counties in New York by poverty rate
No. 17 Counties in New York by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 20 Counties in New York by median age
No. 23 Counties by population in New York
No. 35 Counties in New York by foreign-born share
No. 35 Counties in New York by homeownership rate

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — counties and Puerto Rico municipios, with components of change and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026