Century of urban rise and decline in Central New York
The article traces Syracuse and nearby cities from a century of growth to postwar decline. It cites immigration, industrial shifts, and federal housing expansion shaping suburbs like Clay, wetting growth around Onondaga and Lys, while downtowns faded with malls. It notes 30,000 job losses and 1994 1998 data showing continuing population shifts in the four-county area.
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Clayue
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van Buren
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LaFayene
Onondaga and
Dene
Seaven
New York
Upstate Population Drops Reshape New York Political Map
Census data show Upstate New York shrinking share of state residents while New York City and Downstate gain. From 1990 to 2000, Upstate fell 4.1 percent as Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Syracuse, Utica and Binghamton lost residents. downstate areas grew, prompting likely loss of seats and political clout amid redistricting.
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Utica
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Rochester
Schenectady
Albany
Congress
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State
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Wiliam Parment
Dlamestown
State Assembly
Texion
Blair Horner
Jere
Timothy Smeeding
Maxwell School
Syracuse University
Rural towns show dramatic growth in Central New York
Growth in four county region slowed overall decline with Oneida rising 1.6 percent to 10 987 and Onondaga County noting net gain. Oswego Cayuga and Madison counties posted modest increases while larger cities shed residents. Lysander Hastings Ira among fastest growing towns signaling rural spillover and demand for space.
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Madison County
New York City
New York
Hastings
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Ira
Cayuga County
Lysander
Onondaga County
Barry Bullis
Bullis
Asian and Hispanic growth reshapes Onondaga County
Census data show Asian and Hispanic populations rising in Onondaga, Madison, Oswego, and Cayuga counties with Onondaga County bearing the sharpest impact. Hispanics up 35 percent to 15,112 and Asians up about 40 percent. non Hispanics still dominate at 62.4 percent in the county. The shift appears in schools, businesses, services, and daily life.
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Onondaga County
Syracuse
Camillus
Cicero
Mantis
Skaneateles
Suburban Growth Edges Inner Ring Cities Claims Decline
Douglas Morris of Syracuse Onondaga County Planning Agency notes booming lawn regions in Clay Camillus Salina and DeWitt show population losses. He says towns in the inner ring closest to Syracuse experience declines as residents move outward seeking urban settings.
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Clay
Camillus
Salina
DeWitt
Douglas Morris
Syracuse
Black population grows in region and shifts to suburbs
In the 1990s Central New York's black population rose from 42,090 to 47,916 across Onondaga Madison Cayuga and Ostrego counties. Onondaga up 14 percent. Syracuse 12 percent with blacks 25 percent of the city. Dewitt and Clay saw notable gains as more blacks moved to suburbs. North Side and Valley neighborhoods attract residents and political involvement grows.
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New York
Onondaga
Madison
Cayuga
Ostrego
Onondaga County
Syracuse
Syracuse City
North Side
Valley
Multiracial option used by over eleven thousand Central New Yorkers
In the Syracuse region more than 11 000 residents defined their race under a new multi racial category. City figures show 53 320 people or 3 6 percent in Syracuse chose more than one race with responders citing biracial backgrounds such as Tracy Johnson whose father is African American and mother white.
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Syracuse
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Mai Lan Putnam
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