Cairo is a

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and

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(CDP) in the town of Cairo in Greene County,

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, United States. The population of the CDP was 1,402 at the 2010 census, out of 6,610 people in the entire town.

Geography

The hamlet of Cairo is located in east-central Greene County at (42.302637, -74.003818), near the geographic center of the town of Cairo.

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curves through the northern part of the community, leading southeast to the

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over the

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at the village of Catskill, and west to Windham in the

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joins NY 23 through the northeastern part of the hamlet of Cairo, leading north to Greenville and south to Saugerties.

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branches off Route 23 in the northern part of Cairo and leads northwest to Middleburgh. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.14%, is water.

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, a tributary of the

, flows eastward along the northern edge of the CDP.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,390 people, 600 households, and 361 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 327.1 per square mile (126.3/km²). There were 739 housing units at an average density of 173.9/sq mi (67.1/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.60%

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, 0.94%

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, 0.43% Native American, 0.22%

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, 1.44% from

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, and 2.37% from two or more races.

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of any race were 6.62% of the population. There were 600 households, out of which 27.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 42.5% were

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living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.8% were non-families. 33.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.29 and the average family size was 2.93. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 24.9% under the age of 18, 6.4% from 18 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 19.0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 80.0 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $28,478, and the median income for a family was $34,063. Males had a median income of $36,250 versus $26,042 for females. The

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for the CDP was $17,465. About 5.6% of families and 13.2% of the population were below the

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, including none of those under age 18 and 28.3% of those age 65 or over.

References

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