Genesee-Finger Regional Atlas

Introduction The Genesee-Finger Lakes Regional Atlas, here after referred to as 3, encompasses approximately 4,700 square miles in west-central remains a valuable resource in identifying the ongoing trends the Atlas, provides a geographic and demographic overview of the State and includes the counties of Genesee, Livingston, within the nine-county Genesee-Finger Lakes Region. nine-county Genesee-Finger Lakes Region. Utilizing socio- Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne, Wyoming, and Yates. economic and demographic data, along with maps, graphs, charts, The Region is bordered by Ontario to the north, the Southern The ACS was fully implemented in 2005 to fill the void of the Cen- and tables the Atlas provides a summary and illustration of the Tier Region and foothills of the Appalachian Mountains to the sus long-form. The ACS is an on-going survey, which produces esti- Genesee-Finger Lakes Region covering a wide range of subject ar- south, Syracuse and the Region to the east, and mates in 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year increments. Yearly estimates eas including: the Buffalo-Niagara metropolitan area to the west. The nine- are produced for areas with populations of 65,000 or more; 3-year county Region currently contains 190 municipalities, which in- estimates are produced for areas with 20,000-65,000 in popula-  land use cludes: four , 125 towns, 60 villages, and one coterminous tion; and -5 year estimates are produced for areas with less than  population town-village. The Genesee-Finger Lakes Region had a population 20,000 in population.  housing of 1,217,156 according to the 2010 Census.  transportation As of a result of this change, and the differences in methodology  economy A wide-variety of data sources were utilized during the develop- between decennial and ACS data, accurate comparisons could not  government ment of the Atlas including: be made between decades and therefore it was not included with-  agriculture in the Regional Atlas. This change impacts several tables including:  education  U.S. Census  health  U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics  household/occupancy/household vacancy  public safety  New York State Department of Labor  poverty status The data and associated analysis will help serve as a baseline that  New York State Department of Transportation  income by household can be utilized by municipal, county, regional, state, and federal  Department of Agriculture  median household income agencies for land use, community, transportation, and economic  New York State Comptroller  median housing value development planning.  Rochester Genesee Regional Transportation Authority  value of housing units  New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic  year structure built The Atlas is organized by subject area with each area containing Preservation Map 1: Northeast Region and Map 2: Genesee-Finger Lakes Re- an assortment of data, maps, charts, and tables, each covering a  New York State Department of Taxation and Finance gion on pages 2 and 3 illustrate the geography of the 190 regional specific component of the broader subject matter. Data is dis-  United States Bureau of Economic Analysis municipalities both within the nine-county Region as well as with- played at a variety of geographic levels throughout the Atlas (e.g.,  New York State Department of Health in the larger context of the northeast. county, town, village, and school district) depending on the availa-  New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services bility of the data. Village data is included in the town totals in all  New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emer- The Atlas was developed by the Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional gency Services tables except where noted. Planning Council with assistance from the Genesee Transportation Wherever possible the 2010 Decennial Census was utilized. The Council and input from each of the nine counties in the Genesee- It should also be noted that the data for the Village of Attica is dis- sampling error for this data set is much lower than the American Finger Lakes Region. Funding for the Atlas was received through played for both Genesee and Wyoming Counties and the data for Community Survey (ACS) data resulting in higher level of accuracy the Unified Planning Work Program, which is a federal fund for the Village of Rushville is displayed for both Ontario and Yates and more reliable results. The U.S. Census Bureau discontinued transportation planning activities administered within the Gene- Counties as a part of each municipality falls within each county. the long-form of the decennial Census after 2000, therefore de- see-Finger Lakes Region by the Genesee Transportation Council. cennial Census data for 2010 is only available for a limited number In addition to this hard copy format, the Atlas is also available for of data tables. As a result many of the data tables contained with- The Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council is the Re- download in PDF and Excel formats at the Genesee/Finger Lakes in the 1980, 1990, and 2000 decennial census, are now only part gion’s federally designated Economic Development District and Regional Planning Council website www.gflrpc.org. of the ACS data. Though the ACS data has a smaller sample size provides economic development planning; local, regional and wa- than the Decennial Census, and thus a greater margin of error, it ter resources planning; and serves as the data and technology re- The Genesee-Finger Lakes Region, displayed within Map 2 on page source center for the nine-county Genesee-Finger Lakes Region.

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Agriculture

Source: Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council; boundary files from U.S. Census Bureau Introduction 2 Genesee-Finger Lakes Regional Atlas Genesee-Finger Lakes Regional Atlas

Introduction

Source: Genesee/Finger Lakes Regional Planning Council; boundary files from U.S. Census Bureau

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