Ontario County, New York

Ontario County is a located in the  of. The is the city of. The name is a corruption of the word meaning "beautiful lake." The population of Ontario County in the was 100,224, up from 95,101 at the.

 rated Ontario County as the 2006 "Best Place to Live" in the U.S., for its "great schools, low crime, excellent health care" and its proximity to.

History
When counties were established in New York State in, the present Ontario 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 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. , a Colonel in the of moved here with his family as a Pioneer between 1787 and 1795. see also

In, Ontario County was split off from Montgomery. The actual area split off from Montgomery County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , , , , , , , and , and part of and.

In, Ontario County was reduced in size by the splitting off of.

In, Ontario County was reduced in size by the splitting off of. The actual area split off from Ontario County was much larger than the present county, also including the present, , , , , and  and parts of  and.

In, portions of Genesee County were combined with portions of Ontario County to create and.

In, a portion of Seneca County was combined with a portion of Ontario County to create. The same year, a portion of Steuben County was combined with a portion of Ontario County to create.

Geography
Ontario County is in western New York State, east of, southeast of , and northwest of. The county is within the Region of the state. According to the, the county has a total area of 1,716 (662 ). 1,669 km² (644 sq mi) of it is land and 47 km² (18 sq mi) of it (2.72%) is water.

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Government
The county is governed by a Board of Supervisors, and uses the Board-Administrator system with a County Administrator. The Board of Supervisors has twenty-one members, one from each town, two from the city of Canandaigua, and three from the city of Geneva. As of 2004 the county government has over 800 full time employees (augmented by another 360 seasonal or available part-time workers), and a budget of $136 million.

Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 100,224 people, 38,370 households, and 26,360 families residing in the county. The was 60/km² (156/sq mi). There were 42,647 housing units at an average density of 26/km² (66/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 95.04%, 2.06% , 0.22% , 0.69% , 0.02% , 0.70% from , and 1.26% from two or more races. or of any race were 2.14% of the population. 17.9% were of, 14.9% , 14.8% , 13.8% , 7.3% and 5.1%  ancestry according to.

There were 38,370 households out of which 32.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.00% were living together, 9.90% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.30% were non-families. 24.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 10.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the county the population was spread out with 25.40% under the age of 18, 8.30% from 18 to 24, 28.40% from 25 to 44, 24.80% from 45 to 64, and 13.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 95.60 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 92.70 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $44,579, and the median income for a family was $52,698. Males had a median income of $36,732 versus $26,139 for females. The for the county was $21,533. About 4.90% of families and 7.30% of the population were below the, including 9.10% of those under age 18 and 6.40% of those age 65 or over.