Cayuga County, New York

Cayuga County is a located in the  of. It was named for one of the tribes of in the  Confederation. Its is.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Cayuga County was part of. This was an enormous county, including the northern part of New York State as well as all of the present State of and, in theory, extending westward to the. This county was reduced in size on, by the creation of , and further on ,  by the creation of , both containing territory now in Vermont.

On, , what was left of Albany County was split into three parts, one remaining under the name Albany County. One of the other pieces,, contained the western portion (and thus, since no western boundary was specified, theoretically still extended west to the Pacific). The eastern boundary of Tryon County was approximately five miles west of the present city of, and the county included the western part of the and the area west of the West Branch of the. The area then designated as Tryon County now includes 37 counties of New York State. The county was named for, colonial governor of New York. In the years prior to, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In, following the peace treaty that ended the , the name of Tryon County was changed to in honor of the general, , who had captured several places in Canada and died attempting to capture the city of , replacing the name of the hated British governor.

In, Montgomery County was reduced in size by the splitting off of. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , , and part of and.

was one of three counties split off from Montgomery County (the others being and ) in.

was formed in by the splitting of Herkimer County.

Cayuga County was formed in by the splitting of Onondaga County. This county was, however, much larger than the present Cayuga County. It then included the present and.

In, Seneca County was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County. Then in, in turn, a portion of Seneca County was combined with a piece of the remainder of Cayuga County to form Tompkins County.

Geography
Cayuga County is located in the west central part of the state, in the region. is in the center of the county, and forms part of the western boundary. is on the northern border, and is at the eastern border. Cayuga County has more waterfront land than any other county in the state not adjacent to the.

According to the, the county has a total area of 2,237 (864 ). 1,795 km² (693 sq mi) of it is land and 441 km² (170 sq mi) of it (19.74%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 81,963 people, 30,558 households, and 20,840 families residing in the county. The was 46/km² (118/sq mi). There were 35,477 housing units at an average density of 20/km² (51/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.34%, 3.99% or , 0.31% , 0.42% , 0.02% , 0.88% from , and 1.03% from two or more races. 1.97% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 30,558 households out of which 32.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.00% were living together, 11.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.80% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.04.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 29.70% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 14.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 102.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,487, and the median income for a family was $44,973. Males had a median income of $33,356 versus $23,919 for females. The for the county was $18,003. About 7.80% of families and 11.10% of the population were below the, including 14.90% of those under age 18 and 8.20% of those age 65 or over.