Minoa, New York
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Minoa is a village in Onondaga County
Onondaga County, New York
Onondaga County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 467,026. The county seat is Syracuse.Onondaga County is part of the Syracuse, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area....

, New York
New York
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, United States
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. As of the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
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, the village population was 3,348.

The Village of Minoa in the northern part of the Town of Manlius
Manlius (town), New York
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 and is east of Syracuse
Syracuse, New York
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.

History

Minoa is in the former Central New York Military Tract
Central New York Military Tract
The Military Tract of Central New York, also called the New Military Tract, consisted of nearly two million acres of bounty land set aside to compensate New York’s soldiers after their participation in the Revolutionary War....

.

The village was incorporated in 1913. The village was a prominent railroad community.

Geography

Minoa is located at 43°4′37"N 76°0′25"W (43.077067, -76.006955).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the village has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.1 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census
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of 2000, there were 3,348 people, 1,249 households, and 940 families residing in the village. The population density
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 was 2,700.3 people per square mile (1,042.5/km²). There were 1,293 housing units at an average density of 1,042.8 per square mile (402.6/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 96.62% White, 0.51% African American, 0.42% Native American, 1.43% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 0.21% from other races
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, and 0.78% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.57% of the population.

There were 1,249 households out of which 38.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.1% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.7% were non-families. 20.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.62 and the average family size was 3.03.

In the village the population was spread out with 26.1% under the age of 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 28.0% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females there were 88.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $49,100, and the median income for a family was $57,200. Males had a median income of $38,235 versus $28,689 for females. The per capita income
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 for the village was $19,591. About 2.1% of families and 2.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.3% of those under age 18 and 2.8% of those age 65 or over.

Government

The Mayor is Richard Donovan,Deputy Mayor William Brazill, Trustees: John Champagne, Eric Christensen and Ronald Cronk .

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