Oneida County, New York

Founding: 1798
Parent county: Herkimer
Namesake: The Oneida people
Seat: Rome (1798–1871); Whitestown (1801–1871); Utica (1871–)
Land area: 1,212 square miles
Population (2020): 232,125
Population (historic): 22,047 (1800); 85,310 (1840); 110,008 (1870); 132,800 (1900); 198,763 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1800–1970

Subdivisions: Three cities; 16 villages; 17 CDPs; 26 towns
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 34,137 (32.3%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 65.9%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 31.7%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 10.3%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 4.1%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,014
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,056

Average farmhouse size (1940): 7.9 rooms

Number of farms (1920): 6,233
Average farm size (1920): 60.9 acres
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Utica

 
Namesake: The classical Mediterranean city of Utica
Founding: circa 1760s (founding); 1798 (incorporation); 1799 (post office)
Population (2020): 65,283
Population (historic): 2,972 (1820); 17,565 (1850); 28,804 (1870); 56,383 (1900); 101,740 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1930; 2000–2020

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 15,591 (53.5%)
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