Demographics of Livingston County, New York

Livingston County, New York had 61,438 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −139 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.

Livingston County, in four figures

61,438
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate.; −0.2%
Change since July 2020: −139 people.; 41.5 ±0.5
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $74,001 ±$2,171
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.

Livingston County, New York's population shrank 0.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Livingston 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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Livingston County, New York's population shrank 0.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Livingston 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	61,577	100.0	100.0
2021	61,662	100.1	100.2
2022	61,356	99.6	100.7
2023	61,184	99.4	101.6
2024	61,364	99.7	102.5
2025	61,438	99.8	103.1

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Population of Livingston 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	61,577	−236	+3	0	−211
2021	61,662	+85	−145	+23	+157
2022	61,356	−306	−142	+55	−188
2023	61,184	−172	−105	+79	−138
2024	61,364	+180	−131	+76	+239
2025	61,438	+74	−128	+41	+159

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.5 ±0.5: for men 40.6 ±0.6 and for women 42.5 ±0.7. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Livingston County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	New York	United States
Under 5	2,656 ±98	4.3% ±0.2	5.4% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	8,310 ±347	13.5% ±0.6	15.0% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	8,812 ±630	14.3% ±1.0	8.9% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	13,388 ±465	21.8% ±0.8	27.1% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	15,948 ±533	25.9% ±0.9	25.6% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	12,384 ±528	20.1% ±0.9	17.9% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $74,001 ±$2,171, and income per person $37,593 ±$1,386, 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 Livingston County by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	New York	United States
Under $25,000	3,378 ±423	13.8% ±1.7	16.0% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	4,599 ±474	18.8% ±1.9	15.1% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	4,484 ±441	18.3% ±1.8	13.6% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	3,258 ±345	13.3% ±1.4	11.4% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	4,801 ±415	19.6% ±1.7	16.7% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	2,145 ±267	8.8% ±1.1	10.1% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,808 ±265	7.4% ±1.1	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 Livingston County by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	New York	United States
All ages	6,302 ±693	11.1% ±1.2	14.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,207 ±276	11.2% ±2.5	18.3% ±0.2	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	3,881 ±477	13.2% ±1.6	12.8% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,214 ±199	7.3% ±1.2	13.1% ±0.2	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Livingston County, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Livingston County	New York	United States
Housing units	27,328 ±74	8,585,241 ±652	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	89.6% ±1.4	90.0% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	10.4% ±1.5	10.0% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	76.3% ±0.9	54.3% ±0.2	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	23.7% ±1.7	45.7% ±0.1	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$174,600 ±$6,073	$423,800 ±$1,627	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$931 ±$42	$1,621 ±$7	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1970 ±3	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 Livingston County by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	New York	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,857 ±0	4.6% ±<0.1	19.8% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	54,161 ±369	88.1% ±0.6	52.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,155 ±123	1.9% ±0.2	13.4% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	714 ±135	1.2% ±0.2	9.0% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	7 to 45	< 0.1% to 0.1%	0.2% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 78	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	149 to 499	0.2% to 0.8%	1.0% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	2,228 ±353	3.6% ±0.6	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 Livingston County by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	New York	United States
Born in the state	51,021 ±694	83.0% ±1.1	62.4% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	7,968 ±642	13.0% ±1.0	12.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	576 ±191	0.9% ±0.3	2.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	1,933 ±321	3.1% ±0.5	22.8% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	990 ±249	1.6% ±0.4	13.6% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	943 ±292	1.5% ±0.5	9.2% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Livingston County among the counties of New York

39th of 62 by population, July 2025. Every one is listed on the New York page.

Counties of New York near Livingston County in population, July 2025
County	July 2025	Change since 2020
Clinton County	78,138	−2.0%
Cattaraugus County	75,390	−2.1%
Cayuga County	74,365	−2.3%
Madison County	67,120	−1.2%
Warren County	65,020	−0.9%
Livingston County	61,438	−0.2%
Otsego County	60,589	+3.8%
Columbia County	60,168	−2.1%
Washington County	59,353	−2.9%
Herkimer County	59,219	−1.4%
Genesee County	58,416	+0.2%

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Rankings this appears in

No. 9 Counties in New York by homeownership rate
No. 19 Counties in New York by median household income
No. 23 Counties by population growth in New York
No. 27 Counties in New York by poverty rate
No. 28 Counties in New York by median age
No. 29 Counties in New York by median rent

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