|
Cortland
County
|
New
York
|
| High School graduates, persons 25 years and over, 2000 |
24,449
|
9,916,212
|
| College graduates, persons 25 years and over, 2000 |
8,801
|
4,332,040
|
| Housing Units, 2000 |
20,116
|
7,679,307
|
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
64.3%
|
53.0%
|
| Households, 2000 |
18,210
|
7,056,860
|
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.50
|
2.61
|
| Households with persons under 18, percent, 2000 |
33.5%
|
35.0%
|
| Median household money income, 1999 |
$34,364
|
$43,393
|
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
15.5%
|
14.6%
|
| Children below poverty, percent, 1999 |
16.4%
|
19.6%
|
| BUSINESS
QUICK FACTS |
Cortland
County
|
New
York
|
| Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
1,031
|
485,954
|
| Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
16,095
|
7,135,960
|
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
-9.8%
|
0.9%
|
| Nonemployer establishments, 1999 |
2,319
|
1,168,595
|
| 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
|
$7,678
|
| Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
7.8%
|
19.6%
|
| Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
26.0%
|
26.1%
|
| Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 |
63
|
44,105
|
| Federal funds & grants, 2001 ($1000) |
196,022
|
116,366,112
|
| 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
|
|
|
