Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety92#254/3,096
Economy63#1,149/3,143
Housing1#3,120/3,140
Health96#138/3,144
Healthcare80#624/3,143
Environment84#511/3,108
Education75#792/3,144
Infrastructure61#1,220/3,144
Community45#1,744/3,144
Leisure & amenities75#782/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Orange County, New York ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Suicide rate · low7.6 /100k
99/100New York 8.5 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Firearm deaths · low4.7 /100k
99/100New York 4.2 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional data
Public transit commuters · high4.7%
98/100New York 21.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Depression · low18.2%
97/100New York 18.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low5.4%
95/100New York 5.9%United States 9.8%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Injury deaths · low66 /100k
93/100New York 64 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.02%
1/100New York 1.30%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Cost of buying a home today · high56.8%
1/100New York 45.7%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow Research
Average commute time · high34.1 min
3/100New York 32.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Severe housing problems · high20.9%
3/100New York 22.5%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Rent-burdened households · high57.2%
4/100New York 52.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Rent as share of income · high33.9%
4/100New York 31.2%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 51% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+51 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
41.8% (Dec 2021) → 56.8% (Aug 2026)
+15 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Drug overdose deathsImproving
35.5 /100k (2021) → 12.5 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−65%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.1% (2015-2019) → 89.3% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Property crime rateImproving
1,129 /100k (2020) → 788 /100k (2025)
−30%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Violent crime rateImproving
187 /100k (2020) → 132 /100k (2025)
−29%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Orange County, New York improved on 11 of 33 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Property tax−0.5 points2.53% → 2.02%
Unemployment−4.4 points8.3% → 3.9%
Overdose deaths−58%29.7 /100k → 12.5 /100k
Violent crime−29%187 /100k → 132 /100k
Broadband+9.2 points80.1% → 89.3%

Declined1

Price / income+0.6×3.4× → 4.0×

All 33 measures

Change of every measure of Orange County, New York between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	3.9 /10k2020	4.4 /10k2025	+12%	Within the margin of error	62%
Average commute time	33.6 min2015-2019	34.1 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	47%
Average weekly wage	$1,0442020	$1,2282025	+18%	Improved	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%2015-2019	32.5%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Improved	41%
Broadband subscriptions	80.1%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Improved	43%
Child poverty rate	18.0%2019	16.5%2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Distance to an airport	38 mi2020	38 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	29.7 /100k2020	12.5 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−58%	Improved	84%
Effective property tax rate	2.53%2015-2019	2.02%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Improved	98%
Firearm deaths	6.5 /100k2020	4.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−28%	Within the margin of error	86%
Grocery stores	2.0 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−4%	Within the margin of error	38%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.1 /10k2020	1.1 /10k2025	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	4.0×2020-2024	+0.6×	Declined	29%
Homicide rate	2.4 /100k2020	2.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+4.2%	Within the margin of error	18%
Income adjusted for local prices	$45,9872019	$57,7172024	+26%	Improved	15%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4412015-2019	0.4492020-2024	+0.008	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$83,1882019	$94,7892024	+14%	Improved	7%
New business applications	10.9 /1k2020	13.2 /1k2025	+21%	Improved	23%
Pharmacies	2.2 /10k2020	2.0 /10k2025	−10%	Within the margin of error	40%
Poverty rate	12.3%2019	12.0%2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	53%
Property crime rate	1,129 /100k2020	788 /100k2025	−30%	Improved	40%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−7.3%	Within the margin of error	17%
Public transit commuters	5.1%2015-2019	4.7%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Rent as share of income	33.6%2015-2019	33.9%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	50%
Rent-burdened households	56.8%2015-2019	57.2%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Restaurants and bars	9.4 /10k2020	9.8 /10k2025	+3.6%	Within the margin of error	60%
Students per teacher	12.4×2019	12.1×2024	−0.3×	Little change	36%
Suicide rate	9.0 /100k2020	7.6 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−16%	Within the margin of error	82%
Traffic deaths	8.2 /100k2015-2019	8.2 /100k2020-2024	+0.4%	Within the margin of error	55%
Unemployment rate	8.3%2020	3.9%2025	−4.4 points	Improved	88%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.9%2019	5.4%2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Violent crime rate	187 /100k2020	132 /100k2025	−29%	Improved	67%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Orange County, New York five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Orange County, New York in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Orange County, New York itself moved +0.7 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

406,616 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 men (−0.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

406,616 residents

Orange County, New York
New York share

White58%235,383
Black10%42,597
Hispanic or Latino24%97,218

Education

260,987 residents (±33)

Orange County, New York
New York share

No high school diploma10%26,650
High school or GED28%72,859
Some college19%49,714

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

138,608 households (±924)

Orange County, New York
New York share

Under $25k13%17,620
$25k–50k14%18,917
$50k–75k13%17,622
$75k–100k12%16,797
$100k–150k19%26,965
$150k–200k13%17,926
$200k or more16%22,761

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+6.4 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

138,608 households (±924)

Orange County, New York
New York share

Own68%94,002
Rent32%44,606

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

42,839 households (±1,401)

Orange County, New York
New York share

Under $7505.9%2,532
$750–1,0006.8%2,899
$1,000–1,50027%11,483

Home values

94,002 homes (±1,435)

Orange County, New York
New York share

Under $150k6.9%6,447
$150k–250k12%11,618
$250k–400k34%31,747

Age of homes

149,699 homes (±163)

Orange County, New York
New York share

2010 or later8.9%13,326
2000–200912%18,351
1980–199923%34,526

Size of homes

149,699 homes (±163)

Orange County, New York
New York share

Studio1.8%2,638
1 bedroom11%16,761
2 bedrooms22%33,318

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

183,632 workers (±2,376)

Orange County, New York
New York share

Drive alone67%122,481
Carpool9.9%18,148
Public transit4.7%8,711
Walk3.7%6,724
Bike0.1%†123
Work from home13%23,438
Other2.2%4,007

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−8.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

160,194 workers (±2,587)

Orange County, New York
New York share

Under 15 min27%42,475
15–29 min29%46,104
30–44 min16%26,014

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Orange County has 10,467 employer establishments, 255 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248; 0.93× New York's), with 129,093 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,747. The Census Bureau also counts 34,392 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 10,467; 34,392 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 255; US 248 · New York 274
Paid employees: 129,093
Average annual pay: $51,747; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Orange County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	907	22.1	1.43×More than typical	5,494	$71,315	1,958
Restaurants and other eating places	858	20.9	1.14×About typical	9,983	$24,735	231
Ambulatory health care services	668	16.3	0.78×Fewer than typical	11,026	$71,115	1,686
Construction of buildings	469	11.4	1.51×More than typical	1,975	$46,403	1,041
Lessors of real estate	411	10	0.81×About typical	1,158	$55,811	4,464
Full-service restaurants	397	9.7	1.26×More than typical	5,160	$26,891	107
Services to buildings and dwellings	360	8.8	1.30×More than typical	2,065	$42,314	1,414
Building equipment contractors	339	8.3	1.37×More than typical	2,726	$70,332	451
Limited-service restaurants	322	7.9	0.98×About typical	3,654	$21,884	89
Clothing and accessories stores	291	7.1	1.96×More than typical	4,672	$33,453	341
Personal care services	274	6.7	1.40×More than typical	1,103	$23,573	1,039
Automotive repair and maintenance	265	6.5	1.28×More than typical	1,514	$49,087	263

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 410,179 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $142.2M on contracts performed in Orange County, New York: $341 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $142.2M; −51% vs FY2025
Per resident: $341; US $1,994
Sole-source: 13%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.9%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$116.4M82%
Defense Logistics Agency$7.1M5.0%
Department of Defense Education Activity$7.1M5.0%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$2.7M1.9%
United States Mint$2.5M1.8%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1.8M1.3%
Defense Commissary Agency$1.3M0.9%
Federal Acquisition Service$899.4K0.6%

Top recipients

STV HDR USMA JOINT VENTURE$28.5M20%
ACCESS: SUPPORTS FOR LIVING INC.$6.6M4.6%
AKIMA FACILITIES OPERATIONS LLC$6.4M4.5%
RICE SERVICES, INC.$6.2M4.3%
HIGHLAND FALLS FORT MONTGOMERY SCHOOL DISTRICT$5.9M4.2%

Spending by fiscal year

898.2MFY2017
263.3MFY2018
315.2MFY2019
280.8MFY2020
422.6MFY2021
336.8MFY2022
421.2MFY2023
389.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$29.1M20%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$28.8M20%
Facilities support services · 5612$10.3M7.2%
Special food services · 7223$8.2M5.7%
Elementary and secondary schools · 6111$5.9M4.2%
Water, sewage and other systems · 2213

Largest awards

PARKING STRUCTURE FUNDED$211.7M
DOBCO INC· Orange County, NY· Construction & real property· Dec 4, 2020 – May 18, 2026· W912DS21C0002
THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE OWNERSHIP, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE WATER AND WASTEWATER UTILITY SYSTEMS AT U.S. ARMY GARRISON WEST POINT, NEW YORK.$163M
AMERICAN WATER MILITARY SERVICES, LLC· Orange County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Sep 30, 2019 – Dec 2, 2025· SP060019C8327
THIS CONTRACT IS AWARDED FOR THE OWNERSHIP, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM AT U.S. ARMY GARRISON WEST POINT, NY.$95.3M
CITY LIGHT & POWER AWP, LLC· Orange County, NY· Facilities & utilities· Sep 29, 2017 – Jun 8, 2026· SP060017C8326

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Explore contracts in Orange County, New York

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.1B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Orange County, New York: $5,064 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $2.1B; −5.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,064; US $12,955
Loan face value: $96.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.2%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$1.4B64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$227.1M11%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$150.7M7.1%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$109.9M5.2%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$52.4M2.5%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$41.7M2.0%
20.279 · National Highway Performance Program (NHPP)$41.3M2.0%
93.600 · Head Start$12.5M0.6%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION NEW YORK$69.9M3.3%
ALBANY, NY
U.T.A. MESIVTA OF KIRYAS JOEL$25.9M1.2%
MONROE, NY
ORANGE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE$11M0.5%
MIDDLETOWN, NY
REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM, INC.$8.3M0.4%
MIDDLETOWN, NY
CORNERSTONE FAMILY HEALTHCARE

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$1.7B82%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$177.4M8.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$70M3.3%
Department of Transportation
Department of Education$46.7M2.2%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$14.3M

Assistance by fiscal year

1.9BFY2021
1.8BFY2022
1.9BFY2023
2BFY2024
2.2BFY2025
2.1BFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Explore grants in Orange County, New York

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Orange County, New York compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Orange County, New York
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Orange County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Orange County, New York	United States
FY2017	$2,364	$1,436
FY2018	$688	$1,552
FY2019	$819	$1,654
FY2020	$700	$1,880
FY2021	$1,043	$1,810
FY2022	$827	$1,917
FY2023	$1,027	$2,079
FY2024	$937	$2,047
FY2025	$701	$2,165
FY2026	$341 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Orange County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Orange County, New York	United States
FY2017	$395	$93.28
FY2018	$468	$105
FY2019	$507	$128
FY2020	$254	$145
FY2021	$765	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Orange County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Orange County, New York	United States
FY2021	$1,476	$5,748
FY2022	$1,014	$5,221
FY2023	$1,305	$5,364
FY2024	$1,258	$5,501
FY2025	$1,086	$5,732
FY2026	$604

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Orange County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Orange County, New York	United States
FY2021	$144	$298
FY2022	$92.04	$357
FY2023	$167	$301
FY2024	$201	$319
FY2025	$268	$360
FY2026	$162

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Orange County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Orange County, New York	United States
FY2021	$85.85	$239
FY2022	$71.79	$185
FY2023	$85.25	$229
FY2024	$86.28	$229
FY2025	$76.90	$249
FY2026	$71.37

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Orange County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Orange County, New York	United States
FY2021	$98.99	$2,304
FY2022	$57.09	$2,197
FY2023	$59.35	$2,274
FY2024	$43.26	$2,267
FY2025	$51.54	$2,397
FY2026	$53.15

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Orange County, New York and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Orange County, New York	United States
FY2021	$1,297	$1,186
FY2022	$840	$465
FY2023	$97.41	$76.52
FY2024	$140	$120
FY2025	$199	$148
FY2026	$150

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Orange County, New York
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Orange County, New York and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	3.1%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/36071

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Orange County, New York is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Patrick RyanD-NY-18 · 100% of residentsWith party 93%Missed 0.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

Metro area

The metro or micro area Orange County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY81Central county

Cities and towns in Orange County

Places whose residents live mostly in Orange County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/36071

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	−5.8%	−4.2%
2015	−2.4%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+3.3%
2018	+6.7%	+6.8%
2019	+10.3%	+10.5%
2020	+21.0%	+19.4%
2021	+25.6%	+26.1%
2022	+31.6%	+30.6%
2023	+35.8%	+35.0%
2024	+39.5%	+41.0%
2025	+42.3%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	−4.9%	−5.5%
2015	−1.3%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.8%	+4.1%
2018	+6.1%	+8.9%
2019	+10.8%	+13.5%
2020	+19.2%	+20.8%
2021	+24.5%	+32.1%
2022	+23.6%	+35.4%
2023	+30.6%	+42.9%
2024	+36.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	2.4/1k	3.3/1k
2015	2.9/1k	3.7/1k
2016	2.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	2.7/1k	3.9/1k
2018	2.8/1k	4.1/1k
2019	3.7/1k	4.2/1k
2020	2.8/1k	4.4/1k
2021	4.3/1k	5.2/1k
2022	3.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	3.5/1k	4.5/1k
2024	5.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	−3.8%	−6.9%
2015	−1.1%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+7.8%	+4.7%
2018	+4.3%	+7.5%
2019	+15.6%	+14.0%
2020	+9.4%	+16.9%
2021	+23.0%	+21.0%
2022	+23.0%	+29.7%
2023	+29.9%	+34.9%
2024	+31.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	13.4%	15.5%
2015	12.1%	14.7%
2016	12.6%	14.0%
2017	10.9%	13.4%
2018	11.5%	13.1%
2019	12.3%	12.3%
2020	10.6%	11.9%
2021	12.2%	12.8%
2022	14.4%	12.6%
2023	12.7%	12.5%
2024	12.0%	12.1%

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	5.5%	6.2%
2015	4.7%	5.3%
2016	4.6%	4.9%
2017	4.7%	4.4%
2018	4.1%	3.9%
2019	3.9%	3.7%
2020	8.3%	8.1%
2021	5.0%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	3.5%	3.6%
2024	3.7%	4.0%
2025	3.9%	4.3%

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	−5.0% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−2.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+6.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+12.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+18.9% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+31.2% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+52.3% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+70.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+79.7% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+90.5% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+96.7% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2015	−1.5% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.4% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+10.5% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+13.9% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+25.2% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+40.4% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+53.6% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+60.4% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+67.0% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+72.4% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	8.2%	13.5%
2015	6.5%	10.9%
2016	6.1%	10.0%
2017	5.7%	10.2%
2018	5.4%	10.4%
2019	4.9%	10.8%
2020	5.4%	10.4%
2021	5.4%	10.2%
2022	5.5%	9.5%
2023	5.6%	9.5%
2024	5.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Orange County, New York	United States
2014	7.6/1k	8.5/1k
2015	8.1/1k	8.7/1k
2016	8.5/1k	9.1/1k
2017	8.7/1k	9.8/1k
2018	9.6/1k	10.7/1k
2019	10.0/1k	10.6/1k
2020	10.9/1k	13.1/1k
2021	14.1/1k	16.2/1k
2022	14.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	14.1/1k	16.2/1k
2024	13.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	13.2/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved11

Declined1

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