Tompkins County, New York

Tompkins County is a located in the  of, and comprises the whole of the. As of the, the population was 96,501. The is, and is home to  and. The name is in honor of, who served as and.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Tompkins 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.

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 Tompkins Counties.

In, Seneca County was formed by the splitting of Cayuga County.

In, Tompkins County was created by combining portions of Seneca and the remainder of Cayuga County. Named after then Vice-President (to President and former New York Governor . Tompkins almost certainly never visited the county named for him.

In, the county lost the town of Hector and the west line of lots in Newfield to the newly-formed.

Geography
Tompkins County is in the west central part of New York State, south of and northwest of. It is usually geographically grouped with the region, but locals often consider themselves to be part of the.

According to the, the county has a total area of 1,273 (492 ). 1,233 km² (476 sq mi) of it is land and 40 km² (16 sq mi) of it (3.17%) is water.

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Demographics
In 2006, the population was estimated to be 100,407.

As of the of 2000, there were 96,501 people, 36,420 households, and 19,120 families residing in the county. The was 78/km² (203/sq mi). There were 38,625 housing units at an average density of 31/km² (81/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 85.50%, 3.64% , 0.28% , 7.19% , 0.04% , 1.09% from , and 2.26% from two or more races. or of any race were 3.08% of the population. 2.85% of the population reported speaking at home, while 1.86% speak, 1.07% , and 1.00%.

There were 36,420 households out of which 25.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.20% were living together, 8.20% had a female householder with no husband present, and 47.50% were non-families. 32.50% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.93.

In the county the population was spread out with 19.00% under the age of 18, 26.00% from 18 to 24, 26.20% from 25 to 44, 19.30% from 45 to 64, and 9.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 29 years. For every 100 females there were 97.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $37,272, and the median income for a family was $53,041. Males had a median income of $35,420 versus $27,686 for females. The for the county was $19,659. About 6.80% of families and 17.60% of the population were below the, including 11.00% of those under age 18 and 5.40% of those age 65 or over.

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