Mooers, formerly Mooers-upon-the-Chazy, is a

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and

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in the town of Mooers, in

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, New York, United States. The population was 442 at the 2010 census, out of a total population of 3,592 in the town. It was once an incorporated village, but dissolved in 1994. Mooers is in northern New York state, near the Canada–United States border with the Canadian province of

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Geography

The hamlet of Mooers is located in the eastern part of the town of Mooers at (44.96053, -73.58337), south of the Canada–US border. The community is at the junction of U.S. Route 11 and

New York State Route 22 New York State Route 22 (NY 22) is a north–south state highway that parallels the eastern border of the U.S. state of New York, from the outskirts of New York City to the hamlet of Mooers in Clinton County near the Canadian border ...

on the north side of the

Great Chazy River Chazy River is the name of two tributaries of Lake Champlain in Clinton County, New York in the United States. The more northerly river is the Great Chazy River, which empties into Lake Champlain at King Bay in the Town of Champlain. The more ...

. US-11 leads east to Interstate 87 at the village of Champlain and west to Chateaugay, while NY-22 leads south to Plattsburgh, the

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. According to the

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, the Mooers CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 3.08%, is water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 440 people, 184 households, and 126 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 370.9 per square mile (142.8/km²). There were 212 housing units at an average density of 178.7/sq mi (68.8/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 98.18%

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, 0.23%

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, 0.23% Native American, 0.23% Asian, 0.45% from

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, and 0.68% from two or more races.

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of any race were 1.14% of the population. There were 184 households, out of which 30.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.6% were married couples living together, 12.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 28.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 17.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 2.88. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.9% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 25.2% from 25 to 44, 23.4% from 45 to 64, and 20.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females, there were 100.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.4 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $25,250, and the median income for a family was $30,817. Males had a median income of $31,071 versus $16,767 for females. The

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for the CDP was $14,324. About 11.1% of families and 19.2% of the population were below the

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, including 43.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

References

{{authority control Census-designated places in New York (state) Hamlets in New York (state) Former villages in New York (state) Census-designated places in Clinton County, New York Populated places disestablished in 1994 Hamlets in Clinton County, New York