Demographics

In order to provide a comprehensive and comparative evaluation, some data tables provide statistics for multiple geographic areas including Onondaga County, the Syracuse - Auburn Combined Statistical Area (CSA), Central New York, and New York State.

Population Density
County	Population	Square Miles	Density
Onondaga	459,031	809	567
Cayuga	81,764	700	117
Cortland	48,665	502	97
Madison	70,897	643	110
Oswego	124,054	968	128
CNY	784,411	3,622	217

Median Household Income
	1980	1990	2000	2007E	2012P
Onondaga County	$17,574	$31,783	$40,847	$51,973	$61,591
Syracuse CSA	$17,181	$31,055	$39,750	$49,724	$58,071
New York State	$16,647	$32,956	$43,393	$56,704	$67,544
United States	$16,841	$30,056	$41,994	$53,154	$62,503
Source: 1980 , 1990, 2000 Census of Population and Housing and CCIM Census Data. Updated August, 2007

Population Summary
	City of Syracuse	Onondaga County	Syracuse CSA	Central New York
1980	170,105	463,920	722,865	771,685
1990	163,860	468,973	742,178	791,141
2000	146,435	458,336	732,117	780,716
2007E	143,419	459,031	735,728	784,393
2012P	142,279	459,621	737,659	786,233
Median Age
	31.2	38.2	38.1	38.0
Households
	59,250	185,408	289,951	308,462
Age Distribution
0 to 4	10,034	29,546	46,506	49,383
5 to 9	8,701	28,250	43,994	46,604
10 to 14	9,672	31,563	49,557	52,503
15 to 19	13,944	36,252	59,300	64,043
20 to 24	16,512	35,441	58,037	63,318
25 to 34	19,671	49,763	80,500	85,890
35 to 44	17,780	63,922	103,694	110,052
45 to 54	17,772	70,303	113,372	120,145
55 to 64	12,480	50,052	81,784	87,114
65 to 74	7,012	29,388	47,022	50,217
75 to 84	6,396	24,127	36,255	38,436
85 and over	3,444	10,424	15,707	16,688
% Distribution by Age Group
Under 19	30%	27%	27%	27%
20-34	25%	19%	19%	19%
35-54	25%	29%	30%	29%
55-74	14%	17%	18%	18%
75-Older	7%	8%	7%	7%
Ethnic Breakdown
White	85,823	378,941	642,195	689,070
Black/African American	40,013	47,497	53,021	53,628
Asian/Pacific Islander	6,115	12,507	14,205	14,450
American Indian, Alaska Native	1,626	4,139	5,345	5,481
Other	3,632	4,705	6,434	6,643
More than one race	6,209	11,242	14,528	15,121
Hispanic Ethnicity	8,574	13,129	17,850	18,491
% Ethnic Breakdown
White	59.8%	82.6%	87.3%	87.8%
Black/African American	27.9%	10.3%	7.2%	6.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander	4.3%	2.7%	1.9%	1.8%
American Indian, Alaska Native	1.1%	0.9%	0.7%	0.7%
Other	2.5%	1.0%	0.9%	0.8%
More than one race	4.3%	2.4%	2.0%	1.9%
Hispanic Ethnicity	6.0%	2.9%	2.4%	2.4%
Median Household Income Distribution
Less than $15,000	15,179	23,109	36,535	39,399
$15,000 to $24,999	9,242	19,372	31,171	33,662
$25,000 to $34,999	8,314	20,439	33,730	36,081
$35,000 to $49,999	8,331	26,290	44,261	47,363
$50,000 to $74,999	8,246	34,577	56,790	60,600
$75,000 to $99,999	4,777	26,498	39,104	41,056
$100,000 to $149,999	3,532	21,721	31,195	32,518
$150,000 to $199,999	831	7,499	9,618	9,993
over $200,000	796	5,903	7,547	7,789
% Median Household Income Distribution
Less than $15,000	25.6%	12.5%	12.6%	12.8%
$15,000 to $24,999	15.6%	10.4%	10.8%	10.9%
$25,000 to $34,999	14.0%	11.0%	11.6%	11.7%
$35,000 to $49,999	14.1%	14.2%	15.3%	15.4%
$50,000 to $74,999	13.9%	18.6%	19.6%	19.6%
$75,000 to 99,999	8.1%	14.3%	13.5%	13.3%
$100,000 to $149,999	6.0%	11.7%	10.8%	10.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	1.4%	4.0%	3.3%	3.2%
$200,000 and above	1.3%	3.2%	2.6%	2.5%
Median Household Income	$30,856	$51,973	$49,724	$49,194
Average Household Income	$45,087	$68,603	$64,709	$64,014
Per Capita Income	$19,686	$28,152	$26,063	$25,762
Source: ESRI Database of Census Data Unless otherwise noted, data is 2007 estimates Updated July 2007 Click here to view graph showing Syracuse CSA Age Distribution

Population Trends
Region (5 Counties)	1980	1990	2000	2007E	2012P	2000 vs 2007E
Central NY	771,810	791,141	780,716	784,393	786,233	0.5%
CSA (4 Counties)
Syracuse	722,865	742,178	732,117	735,728	737,659	0.5%
COUNTIES IN CNY
Onondaga	463,920	468,973	458,336	459,031	459,621	0.2%
Cayuga	79,894	82,313	81,963	82,764	81,958	-0.2%
Madison	65,150	69,121	69,441	70,897	71,369	2.1%
Oswego	113,901	121,771	122,377	124,054	124,711	1.4%
Cortland	48,945	48,963	48,599	48,665	48,574	0.1%
City and Towns in Onondaga County
Syracuse	170,105	163,860	147,306	143,419	142,279	-2.6%
Camillus	24,333	23,625	23,152	23,218	23,274	0.3%
Cicero	23,689	25,560	27,982	28,898	30,650	6.8%
Clay	52,838	59,749	58,805	58,756	58,844	-0.1%
Dewitt	26,868	25,148	24,071	24,959	24,985	3.7%
Elbridge	5,885	6,192	6,091	6,117	6,129	0.4%
Fabius	1,811	1,760	1,974	2,177	2,250	10.3%
Geddes	18,528	17,677	17,740	17,433	17,340	-1.7%
LaFayette	5,084	5,105	4,833	4,850	4,860	0.4%
Lysander	13,897	16,346	19,285	20,086	20,407	4.2%
Manlius	28,528	30,656	31,872	32,380	32,603	1.6%
Marcellus	6,180	6,465	6,319	6,321	6,328	0.0%
Onondaga	17,824	18,396	21,063	21,482	21,660	2.0%
Onondaga Res.			1,473	1,540	1,569	4.5%
Otisco	2,112	2,255	2,561	2,508	2,496	-2.1%
Pompey	4,492	5,317	6,159	6,760	6,975	9.8%
Salina	37,400	35,145	33,290	32,699	32,504	-1.8%
Skaneateles	7,795	7,526	7,323	7,423	7,459	1.4%
Spafford	1,596	1,675	1,661	1,662	1,665	0.1%
Tully	2,409	2,378	2,709	2,748	2,764	1.4%
Van Buren	12,585	13,367	12,667	12,595	12,580	-0.6%
Villages in Onondaga County (included in Town totals)
Baldwinsville			7,053	7,006	7,002	-0.7%
Camillus			1,249	1,260	1,267	0.9%
East Syracuse			3,178	3,114	3,098	-2.0%
Elbridge			1,103	1,107	1,109	0.4%
Fabius			355	392	406	10.4%
Fayetteville			4,190	4,153	4,143	-0.9%
Jordan			1,314	1,298	1,293	-1.2%
Liverpool			2,505	2,405	2,369	-4.0%
Manlius			4,819	4,919	4,965	2.1%
Marcellus			1,826	1,792	1,781	-1.9%
Minoa			3,348	3,433	3,465	2.5%
North Syracuse			6,862	6,692	6,638	-2.5%
Skaneateles			2,616	2,597	2,592	-0.7%
Solvay			6,845	6,744	6,713	-1.5%
Tully			924	939	945	1.6%
Source: CCIM Database and US Census, Updated August 2007. Click here to view graph showing Town Population Change graph Showing Percent Change in Age Distribution 1990-2007E

Household Trends
	1980	1990	2000	2007E	1990 vs 2007E
New York State	6,340,429	6,634,434	7,056,860	7,279,758	9.7%
Central NY Region	266,940	290,353	308,565	308,462	6.2%
Syracuse CSA	250,616	273,038	282,601	289,951	6.2%
Onondaga County	165,677	177,950	181,153	185,408	4.2%
Syracuse City	66,961	65,046	59,482	59,250	-8.9%
Source: CCIM Database Updated August 2007

Comparative Change in Age Distribution
New York State	1990	2000	2007E	2012P	1990-2007E
0 to 4	1,255,764	1,239,417	1,277,012	1,308,680	1.7%
5-9	1,178,006	1,351,857	1,222,279	1,202,650	3.8%
10-14	1,140,177	1,332,433	1,371,568	1,243,380	20.3%
15-19	1,230,127	1,287,544	1,413,152	1,414,715	14.9%
20-24	1,408,899	1,244,309	1,307,991	1,485,965	-7.2%
25-34	3,138,188	2,757,324	2,564,061	2,535,626	-18.3%
35-44	2,724,685	3,074,298	2,941,544	2,666,313	8.0%
45-54	1,913,920	2,552,936	2,829,108	2,990,053	47.8%
55-64	1,636,967	1,687,987	2,120,123	2,455,387	29.5%
65-74	1,348,279	1,276,046	1,247,774	1,364,076	-7.5%
75-84	767,270	860,818	894,717	880,803	16.6%
85 and over	248,173	311,488	392,543	445,109	58.2%
Median Age	33.9	35.9	37.2	38.3	9.7%
Syracuse CSA
0 to 4	55,468	46,435	46,506	46,420	-16.2%
5-9	54,315	53,702	43,994	43,685	-19.0%
10-14	49,584	55,921	49,557	45,145	-0.1%
15-19	57,188	56,518	59,300	55,227	3.7%
20-24	62,984	48,115	58,037	58,964	-7.9%
25-34	126,212	92,090	80,500	87,899	-36.2%
35-44	108,423	118,961	103,694	87,123	-4.4%
45-54	71,798	99,941	113,372	114,423	57.9%
55-64	62,717	62,795	81,784	95,962	30.4%
65-74	54,034	49,944	47,022	50,867	-13.0%
75-84	29,688	35,816	36,255	34,187	22.1%
85+	9,765	11,879	15,707	17,667	60.8%
Median Age	32.3	36.1	38.1	39.1	18.0%
Onondaga County
0-4	35,006	29,917	29,546	29,615	-15.6%
5-9	33,051	33,986	28,250	27,695	-14.5%
10 to 14	29,689	34,481	31,563	28,708	6.3%
15-19	33,865	33,632	36,252	33,932	7.0%
20-24	39,711	29,695	35,441	37,186	-10.8%
25-34	81,449	58,488	49,763	53,806	-38.9%
35-44	69,087	73,667	63,922	54,098	-7.5%
45-54	45,272	62,535	70,303	70,071	55.3%
55-64	41,003	38,641	50,052	59,235	22.1%
65-74	35,095	32,167	29,388	31,064	-16.3%
75-84	19,260	23,361	24,127	22,405	25.3%
85+	6,485	7,766	10,424	11,806	60.7%
Median Age	32.8	36.2	38.2	39.0	16.5%
Source: CCIM Database Updated August 2007 Click here to view graph showing Syracuse CSA Age Distribution

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