Scotia (New York)
Schenectady County
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Scotia is a village in Schenectady County, New York in the United States. In the United States Census 2000, the city had 7957 inhabitants.
The Village of Scotia is one of the Town of Glenville and partially bordered Schenectady.
History
The land on which is located Scotia, acquired in the 17th century, a native of Scotland Alexander Lindsay Glen of the Mohawk. Glen gave the town the name of his home in the Latin version scotia. 1904 Scotia was incorporated.
In the village there are several historic buildings, including the Glen Sanders Mansion, which dates back in parts to the year 1713, the. Abraham Glen House from the 1730s and the Flint House from the early 19th century
Geography
Scotia is located on the north bank of the Mohawk River, which forms part of the Erie Canal here. Four islands in the river part of the territory of Scotia; these are the Isle of the Mohawks, the Isle of the Senecas and the Isle of the Onondagas and the largest part of Dalys Iceland. The United States Naval Reserve maintains a large military depot in the northeast of the local area.
The geographic coordinates loud 42 ° 50 'N, 73 ° 58' W42.831388888889 - 73.965277777778 ( 42.831326, -73.965409 ). The Interstate 890 on the opposite bank of the river carries a large portion of the traffic to the south and west of Scotia over, but ends in the north at the New York State Route 5, which passes as Mohawk Turnpike and Mohawk Avenue in west-east direction through Scotia. From its northward branch off New York State Route 50 ( Ballston Road) and New York State Route 147 ( Sacandaga Road). A railroad track from Conrail leads east and north around Scotia, a railway station, there are in neighboring Schenectady.
According to the United States Census Bureau Scotia has an area of 4.6 km ², of which 4.4 km ² of land form and 0.2 km ² ( = 4.49% ) consist of waters. In the local area there are two parks, which is Collins Park in the east to the south of Collins Lakes, located in the west between the NY- 5 and the flow of Maalwyck Park.
Demography
At the time of the census of 2000, there were 7957 people Scotia. The population density was 1796.6 people per km ². There were 3410 housing units at an average 769.9 per km ². The population Scotia consisted of 96.75 % White, 0.82 % African American, 0.15 % Native American, 1.09 % Asian, 0.01 % Pacific Islander, 0.20 % reported other races to belong and 0.98 % from two or more races. 1.78 % of the population to be Hispanic or Latino of any race.
Residents Scotia distributed to 3233 households out of which 34.2% were living in children under 18 years. 46.8 % married couples living together, 12.3 % had a female householder with no husband present, and 37.7 % were non-families. 32.8 % of households were made up of individuals and someone lived in 13.7 % of all households aged 65 years or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size is 3.04.
The population was spread out with 26.2 % under the, 5.8 % 18 -24- year-old, 29.8 % 25 -44- year-old, 21.5% 45-64 year olds and 16.7 % under the age of 65 years or more. The average age was 38 years. For every 100 females there were 85.1 males. In the over -18s accounted for 100 women 77.6 males.
The median household income in Scotia amounted to 42 028 U.S. dollars, and the median family income reached the height of 51,449 U.S. dollars. The average income of men was 38,074 U.S. dollars, compared to 27 946 U.S. dollars for women. The per capita income amounted to 20,386 U.S. dollars. 6.6 % of the population and 5.9 % of families had affected an income below the poverty line, including 9.7 % of minors and 6.0 % of those age 65 or over.