Clinton County, New York

Clinton County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 79,894. Its name is in honor of the first as a state,. Its is.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Clinton 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 eastern portion.

In, the name "Charlotte County" was changed to to honor , the  general and later.

In, Clinton County was split off from Washington County. This was a much larger area than the present Clinton County, including several other counties or county parts of the present New York State.

In, was split off from Clinton County.

In, parts of Clinton, , and were taken to form the new.

In, was split off from Clinton County.

Geography
Clinton County is in the northeastern part of New York State, just west of and south of the   of. The eastern boundary of Clinton County is, which serves as the - border. The forms a large part of the south county line.

According to the, the county has a total area of 2,895 (1,118 ). 2,691 km² (1,039 sq mi) of it is land and 204 km² (79 sq mi) of it (7.04%) is water.

The southwest part of the county is in the.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 79,894 people, 29,423 households, and 19,272 families residing in the county. The was 30/km² (77/sq mi). There were 33,091 housing units at an average density of 12/km² (32/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 93.33%, 3.58% or , 0.36% , 0.67% , 0.02% , 1.10% from , and 0.93% from two or more races. 2.46% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 29,423 households out of which 32.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.00% were living together, 10.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.50% were non-families. 26.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.00% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.98.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.00% under the age of 18, 12.40% from 18 to 24, 30.60% from 25 to 44, 22.10% from 45 to 64, and 11.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 104.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,028, and the median income for a family was $45,732. Males had a median income of $33,788 versus $25,520 for females. The for the county was $17,946. About 9.40% of families and 13.90% of the population were below the, including 15.30% of those under age 18 and 11.40% of those age 65 or over.

Cities, Towns, Villages, and other locations
The following table shows the 14 Clinton County towns and the city, villages, hamlets and census designated places within each of those towns.
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Clinton County Information

 * The is located in the City of.
 * , a maximum-security prison is location in Clinton.

Adjacent counties and locations
The northern boundary of Clinton County is shared with the in. The western boundary abuts, and the southern boundary is shared with. Clinton county and the State of share the eastern boundary along with.