Greene County, New York



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

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 , parts of the present Greene 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.

Ulster County was an original county of New York State, considerably larger than the present Ulster County. It was reduced in size by the splitting off in of a part that was combined with a portion of  to create.

In Greene County was created from portions of Albany and Ulster Counties.

Geography
Greene County is located in southeast central New York State, just west of the and south of.

The northern and eastern regions are mostly low-lying plains adjacent to the Hudson; the southern and western areas rise sharply into the. The takes up much of the south central region.

The highest elevation is, at approximately 4,040 feet (1,232 m) above sea level; the lowest is sea level along the Hudson.

According to the, the county has a total area of 1,705 (658 ). 1,678 km² (648 sq mi) of it is land and 27 km² (10 sq mi) of it (1.58%) is water.

Greene County is part of the 20th Congressional District of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives and it is represented by Kirsten Gillibrand.

Adjacent Counties

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Demographics
As of the of 2000, there were 48,195 people, 18,256 households, and 12,067 families residing in the county. The was 29/km² (74/sq mi). There were 26,544 housing units at an average density of 16/km² (41/sq mi). The racial makeup of the county was 90.76%, 5.53% or , 0.28% , 0.54% , 0.02% , 1.52% from , and 1.36% from two or more races. 4.31% of the population were or  of any race.

There were 18,256 households out of which 29.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.2% were living together, 10.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 33.9% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.42 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county the population was spread out with 23.00% under the age of 18, 9.5% from 18 to 24, 27.0% from 25 to 44, 24.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 106.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.2 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $36,493, and the median income for a family was $43,854. Males had a median income of $35,598 versus $25,346 for females. The for the county was $18,931. About 8.6% of families and 12.2% of the population were below the, including 15.7% of those under age 18 and 10.4% of those age 65 or over.

Cities and towns

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Notable residents

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