Northeast Ithaca, New York
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Northeast Ithaca is a census-designated place
Census-designated place
A census-designated place is a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes. CDPs are delineated for each decennial census as the statistical counterparts of incorporated places such as cities, towns and villages...

 (CDP) in Tompkins County
Tompkins County, New York
Tompkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, and comprises the whole of the Ithaca metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census, the population was 101,564. The county seat is Ithaca, and the county is home to Cornell University, Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community...

, New York
New York
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, United States
United States
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. The population was 2,655 at the 2000 census.

Northeast Ithaca is a suburb
Suburb
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 of adjacent Ithaca, New York
Ithaca, New York
The city of Ithaca, is a city in upstate New York and the county seat of Tompkins County, as well as the largest community in the Ithaca-Tompkins County metropolitan area...

.

Geography

Northeast Ithaca is located at 42°28′12"N 76°27′51"W (42.469927, -76.464236).

According to the United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 2,655 people, 1,058 households, and 692 families residing in the CDP. While the CDP is called Northeast Ithaca, most local residents just know it as 'the Northeast'. The population density
Population density
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 was 1,825.2 per square mile (707.0/km²). There were 1,096 housing units at an average density of 753.5/sq mi (291.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 74.65% White, 6.03% African American, 0.08% Native American, 15.63% Asian, 1.39% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 2.22% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.99% of the population.

There were 1,058 households out of which 36.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.0% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.5% were non-families. 24.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.50 and the average family size was 3.02.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 26.7% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 35.1% from 25 to 44, 21.2% from 45 to 64, and 9.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females there were 92.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $50,855, and the median income for a family was $65,833. Males had a median income of $51,250 versus $30,474 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
Per capita income or income per person is a measure of mean income within an economic aggregate, such as a country or city. It is calculated by taking a measure of all sources of income in the aggregate and dividing it by the total population...

 for the CDP was $24,239. About 7.3% of families and 12.1% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.0% of those under age 18 and 3.8% of those age 65 or over.
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