Quick Facts:  Cortland County Housing ,                           Income, Business and Geography

Cortland County

New York

Housing units, 2002

20,198

7,754,508

Homeownership rate, 2000

64.3%

53.0%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000

30.3%

50.6%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$74,700

$148,700

Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002

71

49,149

Households, 2000

18,210

7,056,860

Persons per household, 2000

2.50

2.61

Median household income, 1999

$34,364

$43,393

Per capita money income, 1999

$16,622

$23,389

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

15.5%

14.6%

Private non-farm establishments with paid employees, 2001

1,073

493,863

Private non-farm employment, 2001

16,325

7,428,349

Private non-farm employment, percent change 2000-2001

1.3%

1.0%

Non-employer establishments, 2000

2,284

1,202,943

Manufacturers 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%

Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)

206,619

128,994,460

Land area, 2000 (square miles)

500

47,214

Persons per square mile, 2000

97.3

401.9

Metropolitan Area

None

FIPS Code

023

36