Watertown, New York

**Watertown** is a city in the U.S. state of New York and the county seat of Jefferson County. It is about  south of the Thousand Islands. The Black River flows through the middle of the city. It is about five miles east of where it meets with Lake Ontario. The city became the county seat of Jefferson County in March 1805 when part of Oneida County became Jefferson County.
### 2000 Census 
In 2000, there were 26,705 people living in the city of Watertown. 89.13% of the people were White, 4.95% of the people were Black or African American, 3.59% of the people were Hispanic or Latino, 0.54% of the people were Native American, 1.16% of the people were Asian, 0.11% of the people were Pacific Islander, 1.67% of the people were from other races, and 2.45% from two or more races. 11,036 households, and 6,500 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 12,450 housing units at an average density of .

### 2010 Census 
In 2010, there were 27,023 people living in the city. 86.25% of the people were White, 6.04% of the people were African American, 5.59% of the people were Hispanic or Latino, 0.58% of the people were Native American, 1.83% of the people were Asian, 0.18% of the people were Pacific Islander, 1.33% of the people were from other races, and 3.79% from two or more races.

### 2020 Census 
In 2020, there were 24,685 people living in the city of Watertown. There were 10,867 houses with 43.3% of the houses having people living in them. The population density was 2,996.0 people per square mile (4821.5/km2). 83.8% of the people were White, 8.5% were Black or African American, 1.0% were Native American, 1.5% were Asian, 7.8% were Hispanic or Latino, 0.1% were Pacific Islander, and 4.4% were two or more races.

8.7% of the people were under 5 years old. 23.6% of the people were under 18 years old; 53.8% of the people were between 18 and 64 years old. 13.9% were 65 or older. 50.2% of the people were men, and 49.8% of the people were women. 20.9% of the people had a Bachelor's degree or higher.

## Economy 
In 2020, the average price of a house was $133,400, and the average income for a household being $40,253. 21.6% of the people who lived in Watertown were in poverty. Much of Watertown's economy is from visitors from Canada, because it is only around  away from the border of Canada. In the 1980s, unemployment in Watertown grew 20%, and property values started to drop very fast. When Fort Drum started, Watertown started to make consumer products instead of industrial products.

### Factories 
Factory Square is  of abandoned factories above the black river that used hydropower. The factories were built in the 1880s and 1890s, which made the population and economy boom. In the year 1900, 3,760 people were hired to work in the factories. There was a district with a lot of saloons next to Factory Square. The district had a lot of fraud from factory workers going to the saloons after work. The Watertown Daily Times sometimes wrote about factory workers being scammed by "tin-horn gamblers and short-card men".

## Government 
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The city's government was made after Watertown became a village in 1816. The fire department was also made. In 1852, the borders of the village grew. The police departments in the city are the Watertown Police Department and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office.

## Buildings and Transport 
The tallest building in Watertown is the *Dulles State Office Building*. The city of Watertown and the town of Watertown both use Watertown International Airport.

### Historic buildings 
Some buildings on the National Register of Historic Places are the Paddock Mansion (added on December 11, 1979), the Watertown Masonic Temple (added on January 23, 1980), and the Emerson Place (added on April 18, 2003). There are 58 buildings inside the  Public Square (added on September 7, 1984).

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