Delaware County Facts & Figures

Get to Know our County
Delaware County
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The 6th most rural county in New York State.
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Median income is $44,617 (NYS $55,687).
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Largest employer is healthcare and education.
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Unemployment rate is 5.3% vs 4.7% for NYS (Delaware County Public Health, 2018).
WHAT DO THE NUMBERS SAY?
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Substance use and addiction doubled from 2005-2015.
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Combined addictions and mental health issues doubled from 24 to 55%.
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Cases of Hepatis C doubled from 2012-2015 (Delaware County Health, 2018).
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One treatment center for all of Delaware County.
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Almost a 1/3 of children in Delaware County are living in poverty.
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13.2 % of children in Delaware County are "disconnected" (Measure of America, 2018).
COUNTY HEALTH RANKINGS AND ROADMAPS
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"The County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program compares the health of nearly all counties in the United States to others within its own state, and supports coalitions tackling the social, economic and environmental factors that influence health.
The annual Rankings provide a revealing snapshot of how health is influenced by where we live, learn, work and play. As the Rankings provide a starting point for change, the Roadmaps provide guidance and tools to understand the data, and strategies that communities can use to move from education to action." (Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 2018).
THE GOOD NEWS
Together, we can and will change these statistics!