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                    New York State Demographics


Distribution of New York State Brownfield Sites by County and DEC Region

County

Population

(7/1/99 est.)

DEC Region

Geographic

Region

No. of VCP

Sites

No. of “BF” Sites

Albany

292,006

4

Capital

3

5

Allegany

50,553

9

Western NY

 

 

Broome

195,246

7

Southern Tier

11

 

Cattaraugus

84,477

9

Western NY

1

 

Chautauqua

137,431

9

Western NY

2

1

Chemung

91,738

8

Southern Tier

4

2

Chenango

50,704

7

Southern Tier

1

 

Clinton

79,722

5

North Country

 

 

Columbia

63,002

4

Capital

1

2

Cortland

48,006

7

Southern Tier

 

 

Cayuga

81,703

7

Central NY

 

 

Delaware

46,362

4

Southern Tier

1

 

Dutchess

268,237

3

Mid-Hudson

5

5

Erie

925,957

9

Western NY

6

7

Essex

37,507

5

North Country

 

 

Franklin

48,511

5

North Country

2

 

Fulton

52,851

5

Mohawk Valley

1

2

Genesee

60,469

8

Finger Lakes

 

 

Greene

48,348

4

Capital

1

 

Hamilton

5,190

5

Mohawk Valley

 

 

Herkimer

63,354

6

Mohawk Valley

5

3

Jefferson

109,920

6

North Country

10

1

Lewis

27,289

6

North Country

1

1

Livingston

65,851

8

Finger Lakes

 

1

Madison

71,127

7

Central NY

1

2

Monroe

712,419

8

Finger Lakes

18

5

Montgomery

50,369

4

Mohawk Valley

1

3

Nassau

1,305,057

1

Long Island

19

4

New York City

7,428,162

2

New York City

40

16

Niagara

216,164

9

Western NY

 

5

Oneida

229,714

6

Mohawk Valley

2

6

Onondaga

456,215

7

Central NY

9

9

Ontario

99,791

8

Finger Lakes

4

4

Orange

334,199

3

Mid-Hudson

8

2

Orleans

45,022

8

Finger Lakes

1

 

Oswego

123,875

7

Central NY

18

 

Otsego

60,619

4

Southern Tier

1

 

Putnam

94,844

3

Mid-Hudson

1

 

Rensselaer

151,445

4

Capital Region

4

1

Rockland

284,022

3

Mid-Hudson

6

1

Saratoga

199,733

5

Capital

2

 

Schenectady

143,871

4

Capital

4

2

Schoharie

32,050

4

Mohawk Valley

 

 

Schuyler

19,229

8

Southern Tier

 

 

Seneca

31,925

8

Finger Lakes

1

 

Steuben

97,699

8

Southern Tier

3

 

St. Lawrence

112,853

6

North Country

8

 

Suffolk

1,383,847

1

Long Island

7

3

Sullivan

69,331

3

Mid-Hudson

 

1

Tioga

52,216

7

Southern Tier

 

 

Tompkins

97,656

7

Southern Tier

 

2

Warren

61,441

5

Capital

2

1

Washington

60,141

5

Capital

 

 

Wayne

95,521

8

Finger Lakes

1

1

Westchester

905,572

3

Mid-Hudson

15

8

Wyoming

44,189

9

Finger Lakes

2

 

Ulster

167,293

3

Mid-Hudson

3

 

Yates

24,556

8

Finger Lakes

 

 

NEW YORK STATE

 

18,196,601

 Top number is completed sites; bottom number is total sites in or through the pipeline

 

83

(236)

 

24

(106)

Source of VCP and “BF” data is DEC, New York State Inactive Hazardous Waste

Disposal Site Remedial Plan: 2001 Report.  (Available on DEC website.)


 

Representative Large Cities in DEC Regions

 

 

DEC Region:

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

 

 

Example Cities

Long Island

(Hempstead, Hicksville, Merrick, Bethpage,

Babylon, Glen Cove)

 

Bronx

Brooklyn

Queens

Elmhurst

Staten Island

 

 

 

Poughkeepsie

Newburgh

Carmel

Clarkstown

Suffern

Kingson

New Paltz

Mt. Vernon

New Rochelle

Yonkers

Scarsdale

Pelham Manor

Peekskill

 

Albany

Oneonta

Troy

Schenectady

Rotterdam

 

 

 

 

Saranac Lake

Johnstown

Saratoga

    Springs

Queensbury

Glens Falls

 

 

Herkimer

Watertown

Rome

Utica

 

 

Binghamton

Oneida

Syracuse

Fulton

Oswego

Ithaca

 

Elmira

Rochester

Geneva

Medina

Waterloo

Corning

Bath

Newark

 

 

 

Fredonia

Buffalo

Niagara

     Falls

 

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