Steuben County, New York

Steuben County is a located in the  of. As of the, the population was 98,726. Its name is in honor of, general who fought on the  side in the. Its is.

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

was split off from Montgomery County in. This was much larger than the present Ontario County.

Steuben County was created in, split off from Ontario County. It was rather larger than the present county, however.

Steuben County was reduced in size in by the combination of a portion of the county with a portion of  to form.

Steuben County was reduced in size in by the combination of a portion of the county with portions of  and  to form.

The family originally settled in the Steuben County area.

Geography
Steuben County is in the southwestern part of New York State, immediately north of the border. The population of Steuben County according to the   was  98,726. The county is in the region of New York State.

According to the, the county has a total area of 3,637 (1,404 ). 3,607 km² (1,393 sq mi) of it is land and 30 km² (11 sq mi) of it (0.82%) is water.

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 98,726 people, 39,071 households, and 26,216 families residing in the county. The was 27/km² (71/sq mi). There were 46,132 housing units at an average density of 13/km² (33/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 96.43%, 1.36% , 0.27% , 0.90% , 0.02% , 0.21% from , and 0.81% from two or more races. or of any race were 0.81% of the population. 18.6% were of, 15.2% , 14.4% , 13.6% and 8.3%  ancestry according to.

There were 39,071 households out of which 31.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.70% were living together, 10.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.90% were non-families. 27.20% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.01.

In the county the population was spread out with 26.00% under the age of 18, 7.40% from 18 to 24, 27.20% from 25 to 44, 24.20% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 96.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.20 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $35,479, and the median income for a family was $41,940. Males had a median income of $32,155 versus $24,163 for females. The for the county was $18,197. About 9.90% of families and 13.20% of the population were below the, including 18.70% of those under age 18 and 5.80% of those age 65 or over.

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