Tompkins County is located in south-central New York. The County Seat is Ithaca and the largest city is Ithaca. The Official Web Site is located at http://tompkinscountyny.gov/. The 2014 population estimate is 104,691 and the 2010 census population was 101,595. The land area is 474.65 square miles and there are 214 persons per square mile.
82.2% of the population is White, 4.4% is Black or African American, 4.6% is Hispanic or Latino, 9.8% is Asian, 0.4% is American Indian or Alaska Native, 0.1% is Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, and 3.2% is two or more races. 93.1% have a high school degree or higher, and 49.3% have a Bachelor degree or higher.
The median home value is $169,200, there are 38,409 households, an average of 2.31 persons per household. The per capita income is $27,418, the median household income is $51,393, and 20.5% of the persons in Tompkins County are considered below poverty level.
The total number of firms, at last estimate, was 9,665. Retail sales (in $1000) were $1,018,298, and sales per capita were $10,141. The percentage of black-owned firms is 0.9%, and the percentage of women-owned firms is 32.1%.
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| Tompkins County Home Page Online resource for Tompkins County, NY government information, including services, departments, news, reports, maps, legislature, budgets, and more. |
| Code Searchable index of the Tompkins County code of ordinances. |
| Court Records | Civil Cases Tompkins County Supreme Court pending civil case records. View party, index, or court calendars, or search by attorney, index, party, or Justice. |
| Elections Map Tompkins County Board of Elections interactive map of elections districts, polling sites, representatives, and municipalities. |
| Facilities GIS Map of Tompkins County facilities such as libraries, courthouses, public works, schools, city hall locations, etc. |
| Meetings Schedule of upcoming government meetings and Agendas in Tompkins County. |
| Most Wanted Tompkins County Sheriff's Office top ten warrants. |
| Natural Resources Inventory Tompkins County Natural Resources GIS map application. Shows contours, trails, buildings, wetlands, flood zones, land use, streams, aquifers, watersheds, and more. |
| Property | County GIS Tompkins County Department of Assessment and GIS Division real property records, map search, flood hazard layer, and parcel data download. |
| Property | County Tax Records Tompkins County Assessment Department real property tax and assessment records, and tax maps in pdf format. |
| Property | School District | Candor CSD Property tax record search for the Candor Central School District. |
| Property | School District | Dryden CSD Tax record search for the Dryden Central School District. |
| Property | School District | Groton CSD Property tax records for Groton Central School District serving Tompkins, Cayuga, and Cortland counties. |
| Property | School District | Ithaca City Ithaca City School District property tax search. |
| Property | School District | Lansing CSD Property tax bill search for the Lansing Central School District. |
| Property | School District | Moravia CSD Moravia Central School District tax collector property search. |
| Property | School District | Trumansburg CSD Property tax collector tax bill search for the Trumansburg Central School District. |
| Property | Town of Caroline Town of Caroline Tax Collector online tax bills. |
| School Districts Interactive map of school district boundaries in Tompkins County. |
| Supreme Court Records Search for Tompkins County Supreme Court records. |
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