Chenango County, New York (NY)

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% of renters here:	25%
State:	47%

This county:	14.4%
Whole state:	14.6%

This county:	5.7%
Whole state:	7.4%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (23.6%), Manufacturing (21.7%), Retail trade (10.6%).

Type of workers:

Chenango County, New York business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Chenango County, New York:

Median resident age:	38.4 years
New York median age:	35.9 years

Males: 25,309	(49.2%)
Females: 26,092	(50.8%)

Chenango County:	2.5 people
New York:	2.6 people

This county	$38,403
New York:	$49,480

Chenango County	$109,980
New York:	$258,900

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 7
• Robberies: 5
• Assaults: 54
• Burglaries: 98
• Thefts: 314
• Auto thefts: 9

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Chenango County is $453 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $542 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $683 a month.

Cities in this county include: Setauket-East Setauket, German Flatts, Norwich, Greene, Galen, Oxford, Sherburne, Otsego, Bainbridge, Guilford.

Neighboring counties: Broome County , Cortland County , Delaware County , Madison County , Otsego County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits: Notable locations in Chenango County: Puckerville Corners (A), Kings Settlement (B), Godfrey Corners (C), High Bridge (D), North Guilford Corners (E), Barnes Corners (F), Trestle Corners (G), Northrups Corners (H), Nortons Corners (I), Woods Corners (J), Lambs Corners (K), Windsor Corners (L), Wilcox Corners (M), Burwell Corners (N), Sacketts Harbor (O), Johnson Corners (P), German Five Corners (Q), Millers Corners (R), Ingraham Corners (S), Webb Corners (T). Display/hide their locations on the map Churches in Chenango County include: Brakel Church (A), Negro Hollow Church (B), Little White Church (C). Display/hide their locations on the map Cemeteries: Cowles Cemetery (1), Union Cemetery (2), Crane Cemetery (3), Pearsall Cemetery (4), Perkins Cemetery (5), Pharsalia Center Cemetery (6), Howard Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map Lakes, reservoirs, and swamps: Van Valkenburgh Pond (A), Steer Pond (B), Warn Lake (C), Echo Lake (D), Smith Pond (E), Whites Pond (F), Chenango Lake (G), Sears Pond (H). Display/hide their locations on the map Streams, rivers, and creeks: Alder Meadow Brook (A), Glen Road Brook (B), Ashbell Brook (C), Balsam Creek (D), Bear Brook (E), Mann Brook (F), Beaver Creek (G), Bennettsville Creek (H), Bowman Creek (I). Display/hide their locations on the map Park in Chenango County: Pharsalia Game Refuge (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Here:	4.5%
New York:	4.4%

Current college students: 1,583
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 80.6%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 887 (67% naturalized citizens)

Chenango County:	1.7%
Whole state:	20.4%

Mean travel time to work: 26.3 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 67.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 14,349
• One, attached: 233
• Two: 1,510
• 3 or 4: 1,120
• 5 to 9: 494
• 10 to 19: 163
• 20 or more: 481
• Mobile homes: 5,371
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 169

Housing units in Chenango County with a mortgage: 4,833 (278 second mortgage, 655 home equity loan, 1 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,299

Chenango County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly above New York state average. It is 1.7 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 2 fatalities and 5 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/14/1989, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado killed 2 people and injured 3 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 17,046 (77%) Carpooled: 2,906 (13%) Bus or trolley bus: 112 (1%) Subway or elevated: 9 (0%) Railroad: 4 (0%) Ferryboat: 18 (0%) Taxi: 4 (0%) Bicycle: 25 (0%) Walked: 1,011 (5%) Other means: 103 (0%) Worked at home: 1,008 (5%)

5.51% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,896 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.51%
New York average:	5.41%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
3.96% relocated from other counties in New York ($21,837 average AGI)
1.56% relocated from other states ($9,059 average AGI)

Chenango County:	1.56%
New York average:	1.94%

from Broome County, NY	0.88% ($28,041 average AGI)
from Otsego County, NY	0.65% ($24,360)
from Delaware County, NY	0.56% ($31,093)
from Madison County, NY	0.30% ($26,667)
from Suffolk County, NY	0.16% ($44,484)
from Onondaga County, NY	0.16% ($26,700)
from Oneida County, NY	0.15% ($21,893)

5.54% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($30,717 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.54%
New York average:	6.26%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
3.62% relocated to other counties in New York ($18,985 average AGI)
1.91% relocated to other states ($11,732 average AGI)

Chenango County:	1.91%
New York average:	2.96%

to Broome County, NY	1.03% ($28,965 average AGI)
to Otsego County, NY	0.50% ($24,646)
to Delaware County, NY	0.36% ($24,942)
to Madison County, NY	0.30% ($26,456)
to Cortland County, NY	0.22% ($31,571)
to Oneida County, NY	0.15% ($26,607)
to Onondaga County, NY	0.11% ($32,409)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 12.8
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.0
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 10.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.0
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 9.3

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 9,197 (7,546 aged, 1,651 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 12%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 42,342 (10,572 male householders, 2,978 female householders)

  10,701 spouses, 15,243 children (14,102 natural, 283 adopted, 858 stepchildren), 547 grandchildren, 212 brothers or sisters, 217 parents, 424 other relatives, 1,448 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 7,802 (2,836 male householders (2,217 living alone)), 3,506 female householders (2,964 living alone)), 1,460 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 1,257 (983 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 5,937 2-persons, 3,026 3-persons, 2,702 4-persons, 1,242 5-persons, 426 6-persons, 217 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 5,181 1-person, 990 2-persons, 84 3-persons, 61 4-persons, 24 5-persons, 2 6-persons.

8,863 married couples with children.
3,433 single-parent households (1,138 men, 2,295 women).

96.2% of residents of Chenango County speak English at home.
1.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (73% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 14% speak English not well).
2.2% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 8% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (61% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (81% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $276,099,000 ($5324 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $6,817,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $133,311,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $48,674,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $2,016,000
Federal grants: $78,219,000
Federal procurement contracts: $5,875,000 ($3,264,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $8,003,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,302,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $9,096,000
Federal Government insurance: $34,423,000

Here:	55 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Here:	56 per 1000 residents
State:	42 per 1000 residents

Here:	+1 per 1000 residents
State:	+35 per 1000 residents

Here:	+7 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 2.88 millions of gallons per day (98% from ground, 2% from surface)

Here:	6.3
State:	6.3

Here:	4.5
State:	3.6

64% of Chenango County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 62% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 74% lived in New York.

Chenango County:	63.5%
State average:	64.4%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 43231
• Northeast: 4021
• Midwest: 1023
• South: 1344
• West: 626

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $41,700

Here:	4.7%
New York:	14.0%

Here:	2.4%
New York:	13.2%

Here:	11.7%
New York:	38.2%

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