Yates County, New York

Yates County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 24,621. The is. The name is in honor of, who as , signed the act establishing the county.

History
When counties were established in New York State in 1683, the present Yates 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 1776, most of the Loyalists in Tryon County fled to. In 1784, following the peace treaty that ended the, the name of Tryon County was changed to honor 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.

On, , 10480 sqmi of Montgomery County was split off to create , including the lands of the present , , , , , , , , , , , and Yates Counties, and part of and.

On, , 1800 sqmi of Ontario County was partitioned to form.

On, , Ontario County exchanged land with , and lost 190 sqmi as a result.

On, , Ontario County lost 6540 sqmi of land through the partition of ,including the present , , , , , and  and parts of  and.

In 1821, Ontario County was reduced in size by combining portions of Genesee and Ontario Counties to create and.

In 1823, Yates County was formed from portions of Steuben and Ontario Counties.

Geography
Yates County is in the western part of New York State, west of and southeast of. It has a total area of 973 (376 ). 876 km² (338 sq mi) of it is land and 97 km² (38 sq mi) of it (9.99%) is water. Yates County is in the Region.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 24,621 people, 9,029 households, and 6,284 families residing in the county. The was 28/km² (73/sq mi). There were 12,064 housing units at an average density of 14/km² (36/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 97.90%, 0.56% , 0.15% , 0.28% , 0.02% , 0.36% from , and 0.74% from two or more races. or of any race were 0.93% of the population. 21.3% were of, 16.5% , 11.4% , 10.7% , 5.3% and 5.3%  ancestry according to .5.46% report speaking , , or  at home; a further 1.54% speak.

There were 9,029 households out of which 31.50% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.00% were living together, 9.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 30.40% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.08.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.70% under the age of 18, 9.30% from 18 to 24, 24.70% from 25 to 44, 23.90% from 45 to 64, and 15.50% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $34,640, and the median income for a family was $40,681. Males had a median income of $29,671 versus $21,566 for females. The for the county was $16,781. About 8.90% of families and 13.10% of the population were below the, including 20.90% of those under age 18 and 7.10% of those age 65 or over.

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Additional county information
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Penn Yan Airport (PEO), the principal in the county, is on a hill south of Penn Yan.