People QuickFacts	Cortland	New York
 	Population, 2012 estimate    	19,292	19,570,261
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	19,204	19,378,104
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012    	0.5%	1.0%
 	Population, 2010    	19,204	19,378,102
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.2%	6.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	17.0%	22.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	10.9%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.4%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	92.8%	65.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	2.8%	15.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	7.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	Z	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	2.3%	3.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	3.2%	17.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	91.0%	58.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	74.2%	88.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	2.1%	21.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	5.5%	29.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.6%	84.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	26.4%	32.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,281	986,313
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	16.9	31.4 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	7,433	8,108,103
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	45.9%	54.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	55.0%	50.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$91,100	$301,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	6,754	7,215,687
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.36	2.59
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$18,893	$31,796
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$36,092	$56,951
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	23.3%	14.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Cortland	New York
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	1,210	1,956,733
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	10.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	10.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	9.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	356,685	162,720,173
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	41,767	313,461,904
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	131,823	230,718,065
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,159	$11,879
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	60,889	39,813,499

   	Geography QuickFacts	Cortland	New York
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	3.89	47,126.40
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	4,931.7	411.2
 	FIPS Code    	18388	36
 	Counties    	Cortland County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts