The American Community Survey found that the racial composition of Syracuse was 51.9% white, 29% Black or African America, 6.9% Asian, 0.8% Native American, and 0.02% native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. 8.4% of residents identify as biracial. 16.5 % have a disability 

The median household income in Syracuse city is $47,525 ± $5,118. This is well below the average for NY as a whole, $82,095 ± $500. 

31.6% ± 3.5% of the population is living in poverty

2nd highest child poverty rate in a large US city.

4.5% of the population is living without health insurance coverage 

Upstate rests on the ancestral land of the Haudenosaunee people. The Onondaga nation lies just south of Syracuse. 

In the last 10 years, 10,000 refugees have settled in Onondaga county.