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Cortland County, NY

46,246 Population
498.8 square miles 92.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$34,752 ±$1,053 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,418 ±$2,912 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.8% ±1.6% (5,440  ±694) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.3 minutes ±0.8 (463,310  ±20,919) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

18,999 ±384 Number of households
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (42,549  ±59) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.6% ±1.4% (532  ±164) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

20,841 ±64 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$162,100 ±$3,172 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.7% ±1.6% (7,210  ±739.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±3.2% (26,930  ±943.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.1% ±1.9% (8,542  ±557) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2.8% (1,313  ±213) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.2% ±0.7% (2,343  ±246) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,343 Total veterans ±246 2,072 Male ±224 271 Female ±77

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