Schenectady County, New York

Schenectady County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 146,555. It is part of the Albany-Schenectady-Troy. The is. The name is from a  word meaning "on the other side of the pine lands" and is pronounced.

History
When counties were established in in, the present Schenectady County was included in. 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.

Then, on, , Albany County was divided into the counties of Albany, (now ), and  (now ).

From 1772 to Albany County included, besides the present territory of Albany County, all of the present, , , and Schenectady Counties, parts of the present  and , and a piece of what is now southwestern Vermont.

Albany County was reduced in size in by the splitting off of ; again in  by the splitting off of   and  and the transfer of the  to. It was further reduced in size in by the splitting off of a part that was combined with a portion of  to create. It was further reduced in size in by the splitting off of a part that was combined with a portion of  to create.

In, Schenectady County was split from Albany County.

Geography
Schenectady County is located in east central New York State, north of.

According to the, the county has a total area of 543 (210 ). 534 km² (206 sq mi) of it is land and 9 km² (4 sq mi) of it (1.68%) is water. Unlike many of the counties, Schenectady County is small in area.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 146,555 people, 59,684 households, and 38,018 families residing in the county. The was 275/km² (711/sq mi). There were 65,032 housing units at an average density of 122/km² (316/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 87.77%, 6.79% or , 0.23% , 1.97% , 0.03% , 1.21% from , and 2.00% from two or more races. 3.17% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 59,684 households out of which 30.00% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.50% were living together, 12.30% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.30% were non-families. 30.60% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.60% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 24.30% under the age of 18, 7.90% from 18 to 24, 28.10% from 25 to 44, 23.00% from 45 to 64, and 16.60% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 92.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $41,739, and the median income for a family was $53,670. Males had a median income of $38,840 versus $27,339 for females. The for the county was $21,992. About 7.80% of families and 10.90% of the population were below the, including 15.70% of those under age 18 and 6.50% of those age 65 or over.