Average per-gallon milk price paid to N.Y. dairy farmers
Up 20.5 percent in 12 months
$1.82 in January 2012
$1.79 in December 2011
$1.51 in January 2011
Source: NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
Average upstate N.Y. price for gallon of regular unleaded gas
Up 9.7 percent in 12 months
$3.61 in January 2012
$3.50 in December 2011
$3.29 in January 2011
Average north country region price for gallon of home heating oil
Up 10.5 percent in 12 months
$3.90 in January 2012
$3.85 in December 2011
$3.53 in January 2011
Average north country region price for gallon of residential propane
Down 3.6 percent in 12 months
$3.45 in January 2012
$3.41 in December 2011
$3.58 in January 2011
Source: NYS Energy Research and Development Authority
Open welfare cases in Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties
(cash assistance)
Up 5.4 percent in 12 months
1.985 in January 2012
1,954 in December 2011
1,884 in January 2011
Source: Social Services Dept. of Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties
Single-family homes sold by Jefferson-Lewis Board of Realtors
Number sold up 1.8 percent, price down 12.4 percent in 12 months
57, median price $110,000 in January 2012
110, median price $129,500 in December 2011
56, median price $125,500 in January 2011
Single-family homes sold by St. Lawrence Board of Realtors
Number sold down 3.9 percent, price up 52.6 percent in 12 months
25, median price $100,700 in January 2012
50, median price $75,750 in December 2011
26, median price $66,000 in January 2011
Source: Jefferson-Lewis Board of Realtors Inc.
and St. Lawrence County Board of Realtors.
Nonagricultural jobs in tri-county area
(not including military positions)
Virtually unchanged in 12 months
87,400 in January 2012
90,200 in December 2011
92,600 in January 2011
Unemployment rates by county (not seasonally adjusted)
Jefferson County
Up 0.1 percentage point in 12 months
11.6 percent in January 2012
10 percent in December 2011
11.5 percent in January 2011
Lewis County
Up 0.8 percentage point in 12 months
12 percent in January 2012
9.8 percent in December 2011
11.2 percent in January 2011
St. Lawrence County
Up 0.2 percentage point in 12 months
12 percent in January 2012
9.9 percent in December 2011
11.8 percent in January 2011
Source: NYS Department of Labor
Vehicles crossing Thousand Islands, Ogdensburg-Prescott
and Seaway International (Massena) bridges
Down 2.3 percent in 12 months
324,178 in January 2012
375,883 in December 2011
331,743 in January 2011
Source: T.I. Bridge Authority, Ogdensburg Bridge
& Port Authority, Seaway Int’l. Bridge Corp
Passengers at Watertown International Airport
(inbound and outbound)
Up 427 percent in 12 months
1,977 in January 2012
3,640 in December 2011
377 in January 2011
Source: Jefferson County Board of Legislators
U.S. Canadian dollar exchange rate (number of Canadian dollars
per U.S. dollar)
Unchanged in 12 months
$1 on Jan. 30, 2012
$1.02 on Dec. 27, 2011
$1 on Jan. 31, 2011
Source: Federal Reserve Bank of N.Y.
Due to updates in some categories, numbers may differ from previously published prior month and year figures.
