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Otsego County map with the Town of Exeter in Red
Exeter is a town in Otsego County, New York, United States. The population was 954 at the 2000 census. It is named after the county town Exeter.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 84.6 km² (32.7 mi²). 83.1 km² (32.1 mi²) of it is land and 1.5 km² (0.6 mi²) of it (1.75%) is water.

Demographics

As of the census2 of 2000, there were 954 people, 373 households, and 280 families residing in the town. The population density was 11.5/km² (29.7/mi²). There were 542 housing units at an average density of 6.5/km² (16.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the town was 96.44% White, 1.57% African American, 0.73% Native American, 0.42% Asian, 0.42% from other races, and 0.42% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.15% of the population.

There were 373 households out of which 31.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.9% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.56 and the average family size was 2.94.

In the town the population was spread out with 22.9% under the age of 18, 8.3% from 18 to 24, 24.9% from 25 to 44, 29.4% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 100.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 104.4 males.

The median income for a household in the town was $36,607, and the median income for a family was $41,184. Males had a median income of $27,083 versus $20,855 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,599. About 8.4% of families and 12.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 20.7% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.


Otsego County, New York
County seat Cooperstown
City>Cities Oneonta
Villages Cherry Valley | Gilbertsville | Laurens | Milford | Morris | Otego | Richfield Springs | Unadilla
Towns Burlington | Butternuts | Cherry Valley | Decatur | Edmeston | Exeter | Hartwick | Laurens | Maryland | Middlefield | Milford | Morris | New Lisbon | Oneonta | Otego | Otsego | Pittsfield | Plainfield | Richfield | Roseboom | Springfield | Unadilla | Westford | Worcester
Communities/CDPs Schenevus | West End

 


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