Parish, New York

For other uses, see Parish, New York (disambiguation).

Location in Oswego County and the state of New York.

Parish is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 2,558 at the 2010 census.

The Town of Parish was created from the Town of Mexico in 1828. There is a village called Parish in the town.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 42.0 square miles (109 km²), of which, 41.8 square miles (108 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.52 km²) of it (0.45%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population
Census	Pop.		%±
1830	968		—
1840	1,543		59.4%
1850	1,799		16.6%
1860	2,027		12.7%
1870	1,929		−4.8%
1880	1,817		−5.8%
1890	1,770		−2.6%
1900	1,530		−13.6%
1910	1,311		−14.3%
1920	1,265		−3.5%
1930	1,249		−1.3%
1940	1,199		−4.0%
1950	1,264		5.4%
1960	1,439		13.8%
1970	1,782		23.8%
1980	2,172		21.9%
1990	2,425		11.6%
2000	2,694		11.1%
2010	2,558		−5.0%
Est. 2014	2,501	^[1]	−2.2%
U.S. Decennial Census^[2]

As of the census^[3] of 2000, there were 2,694 people, 955 households, and 741 families residing in the town. The population density was 64.5 people per square mile (24.9/km²). There were 1,034 housing units at an average density of 24.8 per square mile (9.6/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 98.63% White, 0.37% Black or African American, 0.37% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.04% from other races, and 0.52% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.52% of the population.

There were 955 households out of which 39.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.8% were married couples living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 17.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.82 and the average family size was 3.14.

In the town the population was spread out with 29.8% under the age of 18, 7.2% from 18 to 24, 31.4% from 25 to 44, 22.1% from 45 to 64, and 9.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females there were 99.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 99.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $37,802, and the median income for a family was $40,926. Males had a median income of $36,667 versus $21,509 for females. The per capita income for the town was $16,149. About 11.2% of families and 12.7% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 3.1% of those age 65 or over.

Communities and locations in the Town of Parish

Parish – The Village of Parish.

References

↑ "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2014". Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "Census of Population and Housing". Census.gov. Retrieved June 4, 2015.
↑ "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.

External links

Municipalities and communities of Oswego County, New York, United States

County seat: Oswego

Cities	Fulton Oswego

Towns	Albion Amboy Boylston Constantia Granby Hannibal Hastings Mexico Minetto New Haven Orwell Oswego Palermo Parish Redfield Richland Sandy Creek Schroeppel Scriba Volney West Monroe Williamstown

Villages	Central Square Cleveland Hannibal Lacona Mexico Parish Phoenix Pulaski Sandy Creek

CDPs	Brewerton‡ Constantia Minetto Sand Ridge Cayuga Community College SUNY Oswego

Other hamlets	Albion Center Altmar Bardeen Corners Beecherville Bernhards Bay Boylston Center Bundy Crossing Butterfly Corners Cains Corners Carley Mills Carterville Catfish Caughdenoy Clifford Cribbs Corners Cummings Bridge Demster Demster Beach Dexterville Doris Park Drakes Corner Dugway Dutcherville East Amboy East Boylston East Palermo Fairdale Farley Corners Fruit Valley Furmiss Gayville Gilbert Mills Graftons Square Greenboro Hannibal Center Happy Valley Hastings Center Hinmansville Howardville Ingalls Crossing Kasoag Little France Loomis Corner Lycoming Mallory Mallory Station Maple Hill McMahon Corners Morse Mosher Corners Mud Hill Mungers Corners New Scriba Nicholsville North Amboy North Boylston North Constantia North Church Corner North Hannibal North Scriba North Shores North Volney Oswego Beach Oswego Center Panther Lake Peacock Corners Peat Corners Pennellville Pineville Plantz Corners Pleasant Point Crossing Prattham Red Mill Ricard Roosevelt Corners Russ Mills Sala Sandy Pond Shephard Corners Smartville South Hannibal South New Haven South Scriba Stewart Corners Texas The Elms Toad Harbor Upson Corner Vermillion Vorea Vorhees Corners West Amboy

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

Coordinates: 43°24′36″N 76°03′58″W / 43.410°N 76.066°W / 43.410; -76.066

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