Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
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Section 3: Report of Findings

IX. Economy, Employment & Welfare

Table EW-17: Cortland County Quick Facts From the US Census Bureau

 

Cortland County
New York
High School graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990
21,879
8,840,965
College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 1990
5,199
2,733,829
Homeownership rate, 1990
64.4%
52.2%
Single Family homes, number 1990
10,993
3,231,127
Households, 1990
17,315
6,634,434
Persons per household, 1990
2.63
2.63
Family Households, 1990
11,982
4,528,888
Median household money income, 1997 model based estimate
$33,758
$36,369
Persons below poverty, percent, 1997 model based estimate
14.5%
15.6%
Children below poverty, percent, 1997 model based estimate
21.3%
24.7%

BUSINESS QUICK FACTS
Cortland County
New York
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 1998
1,036
81,962
Private nonfarm employment, 1998
17,235
6,993,814
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1998
-3.4%
-1.2%
Nonemployer establishments, 1997
2,381
1,101,776
Manufacurers shipments, 1997 ($1000)
736,100
146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)
423,897
139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997
$8,806
$7,7678
Minority - owned firms, 1992
NA
160,751
Women - owned firms, 1992
982
395,944
Housing units authorized by building permits, 1999
84
42,593
Federal funds & grants, 1999 ($1000)
172,734
101,808,595
Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997
2,079
860,168

GEOGRAPHY QUICK FACTS
Cortland County
New York
Land area, 2000 (square miles)
500
47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000
97.2
401.9
Metropolitan area
None

 

 

Cortland Counts: An Assessment of Health and Well Being in Cortland County NY
July 2001 Executive Summary and Report of Findings

The Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
in cooperation with
Cortland County Health Department
Cortland Memorial Hospital
Community Outreach Partnership Center, COPC of SUNY Cortland
United Way for Cortland County, Inc.

These five organizations make up the Cortland Community Assessment Team (CAT)

Seven Valleys Health Coalition, Inc.
10 Kennedy Parkway
Cortland, NY 13045
(607) 756-4198
jackie@sevenvalleyshealth.org