Delaware County, New York

Delaware County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 48,055. The is. The name is in honor of, appointed governor of in , who was much respected by the early colonists.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present area of Delaware County was divided between and.

Albany County 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 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.

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.

In, was one of three counties that were split off from Montgomery (the other two being  and ).

Ulster County was an original county of New York State, considerably larger than the present Ulster County, and at the time that Delaware County was created it still contained most of its original area.

Delaware County was formed in by combining portions of  and.

Geography
Delaware County is located in the southern part of the state, separated from the state of by the. It is east of and southwest of. The county contains part of the. The county is within a region called the of New York State.

The highest point is an approximately 3,520-foot (1,073 m) summit of Bearpen Mountain along the Greene County line. The lowest point is along the Delaware River.

According to the, the county has a total area of 3,802 (1,468 ). 3,746 km² (1,446 sq mi) of it is land and 56 km² (22 sq mi) of it (1.48%) is water.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 48,055 people, 19,270 households, and 12,737 families residing in the county. The was 13/km² (33/sq mi), making it the least densely populated in the state outside of the. There were 28,952 housing units at an average density of 8/km² (20/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.44%, 1.18% or , 0.31% , 0.53% , 0.01% , 0.53% from , and 0.99% from two or more races. 2.05% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 19,270 households out of which 28.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.80% were living together, 9.00% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.90% were non-families. 28.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.90.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.10% under the age of 18, 8.20% from 18 to 24, 24.00% from 25 to 44, 26.20% from 45 to 64, and 18.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,461, and the median income for a family was $39,695. Males had a median income of $27,732 versus $22,262 for females. The for the county was $17,357. About 9.30% of families and 12.90% of the population were below the, including 18.60% of those under age 18 and 8.60% of those age 65 or over.

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County Information
The is located in this county.