Corning (city), New York
Steuben County
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Corning is the most important town of Steuben County in the U.S. state of New York. Corning has approximately 11,000 inhabitants.
The strongest economic factor for the city is the glass industry. In addition to the specialty glass maker Corning Inc. in Corning also numerous (art) glassblowing resident. Corning is home to a community colleges and the Corning Museum of Glass.
Geography
Corning is located on the banks of the Chemung River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.5 km ² (3.3 mi ²). 8.1 km ² (3.1 mi ²) of it is land area of 0.4 km ² ( 0.2 mi ²) is water. The Chemung River is formed just west of Corning in Painted Post, by the union of Cohocton River and the Tioga River.
The river, which formed an important source of energy in the early history of the city, makes today a part of the scenic beauty of the region. Since it is surrounded by mountain ranges, from which rainwater quickly runs into the valley, he tends always to flooding. For the most severe flood in the recent past, there was 1972, when in the wake of Hurricane Agnes went down extreme rainfall in the region in a short time. The entire downtown was flooded and severely damaged. Moderate - - During reconstruction the opportunity to was Expensive renovation and restructuring ( gentrification ) of the city center used.
History
Originally from living Indians scattered peoples as the Iroquois lived in Chemung Valley experienced in 1789 the arrival of the first white settlers who first lived on agriculture, but then soon by the timber industry and timber rafting.
When in 1890 the towns of Corning and Knoxville to the "City of Corning " were combined, the local industry was already very busy. The most successful founded by Amory Houghton Sr. 1851 Corning Glass Works, which were renamed " Corning Inc." in 1989 and have remained the most important employers in the region to this day. Since 1825 Corning was joined by the Chemung Canal to inland waterways and since 1895, the railway network and flourished thus also to the trading center on.
Demography
The Census of 2000, after the inhabitants of Corning includes 10,842 persons ( 4,996 households, 2,667 families, 5,509 residential units). The population density is 1346/km ².
In terms of its demographics Corning is little different from other, similar -sized cities in the region, however, the number of poor households is slightly higher.
93.94 % of residents are white, 2.84% colored, 1.49 % Asian, 0.79 % Hispanic or Latino, 0.34 % Native American, 1.38% are of other or mixed race. In 26.2 % of households children live below the age of 18, 37.6 % are made up of married couples, 12.3% consist of families where no husband present, and 40.1% are single-person households (15, 5 % of all households are led by single persons who are 65 or older). The proportion of households in which live together non-familial communities (eg unmarried couples ), is 6.5 %. Households comprise on average 2.14 persons, families 2.89.
23.3% of the population is younger than 18 years, 8.6% 18-24 years, 29.2% 25-44 years, 21.1% 45-64 years, and 17.8% are 65 years and older. The average age is 38 years. The ratio of women to men is 100:87,5, among adults (18 and older) 100:83,5.
The average income is $ 32,780 per household, per family $ 46,674 and $ 22,056 per capita. Men earn on average $ 39,805, women $ 27,489. 13.0 % of the population and 9.1% of families are below the poverty line. 18.4 % of children under the age of 18 and 3.8 % of the elderly (65 and older) living below the poverty line.
Sons and daughters of the town
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