Parc, New York
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Parc is a location and 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...

 in Clinton County
Clinton County, New York
Clinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 82,128. Its name is in honor of the first Governor of New York as a state, George Clinton. Its county seat is Plattsburgh.-History:...

, New York
New York
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, United States
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 located on Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain
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. The CDP name of Parc is derived from the official name for the 3447 acres (13.9 km²) industrial site, which is PARC. PARC is an acronym for the Plattsburgh Airbase Redevelopment Corporation. PARC was established for the purpose of redeveloping the Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Plattsburgh Air Force Base is a former United States Air Force Strategic Air Command base covering 3,447 acres in the extreme northeast corner of New York, 20 miles south of the Canadian border...

 after it closed on September 25, 1995. PARC is now operated by the Plattsburgh Air Base Development Authority and the massive airfield is now Plattsburgh International Airport
Plattsburgh International Airport
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. The population of Parc, New York was 254 at the 2010 census. Parc is south of the City of Plattsburgh
Plattsburgh (city), New York
Plattsburgh is a city in and county seat of Clinton County, New York, United States. The population was 19,989 at the 2010 census. The population of the unincorporated areas within the Town of Plattsburgh was 11,870 as of the 2010 census; making the population for the immediate, urban Plattsburgh,...

.

Geography

Parc is located at 44°40′07"N 73°27′17"W (44.668549, -73.454735).

According to the United States Census Bureau
United States Census Bureau
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, the CDP has a total area of 1.4 square miles (3.6 km²), all land.

Demographics

As of the census
Census
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of 2000, there were 54 people, 28 households, and 15 families residing in the CDP. The population density
Population density
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 was 38.7 per square mile (14.9/km²). There were 29 housing units at an average density of 20.8/sq mi (8.0/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 92.59% White, 1.85% African American, 1.85% Asian, 1.85% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 1.85% from two or more races.

There were 28 households out of which 21.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.9% were married couples
Marriage
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 living together, 10.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 46.4% were non-families. 35.7% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.93 and the average family size was 2.47.

In the CDP the population was spread out with 11.1% under the age of 18, 11.1% from 18 to 24, 42.6% from 25 to 44, 27.8% from 45 to 64, and 7.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 74.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 77.8 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $35,417, and the median income for a family was $36,667. Males had a median income of $17,500 versus $31,250 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 $15,118. There were 30.0% of families and 34.7% of the population living below the poverty line, including 100.0% of under eighteens and none of those over 64.

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