The Syracuse Metropolitan Statistical Area, as defined by the
United States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau, officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the Federal statistical system, U.S. federal statistical system, responsible for producing data about the American people and American economy, econ ...
, is an area comprising three counties in
central New York, with the city of
Syracuse as its core. The three counties are
Onondaga,
Madison, and
Oswego. According to the
2020 census, the population of the Syracuse MSA was 662,057; a slight difference from 662,577, in the
2010 census.
Counties
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Onondaga
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Oswego
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Madison
Communities
Places with more than 75,000 inhabitants
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Syracuse (Principal city)
Places with 25,000 to 75,000 inhabitants
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Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( ; ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, writer and Academic skeptic, who tried to uphold optimate principles during the political crises tha ...
(town)
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Clay
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(town)
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DeWitt (town)
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Manlius (town)
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Salina (town)
Places with 5,000 to 25,000 inhabitants
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Baldwinsville (village)
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Camillus (town)
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Cazenovia (town)
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Constantia (town)
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Elbridge (town)
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Fairmount (census-designated place)
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Fulton (city)
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Geddes (town)
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Granby (town)
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Hamilton (town)
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Hastings
Hastings ( ) is a seaside town and Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England,
east of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to th ...
(town)
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Lenox (town)
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Lysander (town)
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Marcellus (town)
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Mattydale (census-designated place)
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
(town)
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North Syracuse (village)
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Oneida (city)
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Onondaga (town)
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Oswego (town)
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Oswego (city)
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Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (; 29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), known in English as Pompey ( ) or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the last decades of the Roman Republic. ...
(town)
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Richland (town)
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Schroeppel (town)
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Scriba (town)
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Skaneateles (town)
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Solvay (village)
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Sullivan (town)
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Van Buren (town)
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Volney (town)
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Westvale (census-designated place)
Places with 1,000 to 5,000 inhabitants
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Albion (town)
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Amboy (town)
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Borodino
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Brewerton (census-designated place)
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Bridgeport (census-designated place)
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Brookfield (town)
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Camillus (village)
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Canastota (village)
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Cazenovia (village)
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Central Square (village)
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Chittenango (village)
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Constantia (census-designated place)
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DeRuyter (town)
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East Syracuse (village)
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Eaton (town)
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Elbridge (village)
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Fabius
In Roman mythology, Fabius was the son of Hercules and an unnamed mother.
In "The Life of Fabius Maximus" from the ''Parallel Lives'' by Plutarch, Fabius, the first of his name, was the son of Hercules by a nymph or a woman native to the country, ...
(town)
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Fayetteville (village)
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Fenner (town)
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Galeville (census-designated place)
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Hamilton (village)
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Hannibal
Hannibal (; ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Punic people, Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Ancient Carthage, Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
Hannibal's fat ...
(town)
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Jordan
Jordan, officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, is a country in the Southern Levant region of West Asia. Jordan is bordered by Syria to the north, Iraq to the east, Saudi Arabia to the south, and Israel and the occupied Palestinian ter ...
(village)
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LaFayette (town)
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Lakeland (census-designated place)
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Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
(town)
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Lincoln (town)
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Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
(village)
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Lyncourt (census-designated place)
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Madison (town)
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Manlius (village)
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Marcellus (village)
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Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...
(village)
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Minetto (census-designated place)
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Minetto (town)
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Minoa (village)
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Morrisville (village)
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Nedrow (census-designated place)
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Nelson (town)
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New Haven
New Haven is a city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. It is located on New Haven Harbor on the northern shore of Long Island Sound. With a population of 135,081 as determined by the 2020 U.S. census, New Haven is the third largest city in Co ...
(town)
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Onondaga Reservation
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Orwell (town)
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Otisco (town)
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Palermo
Palermo ( ; ; , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital (political), capital of both the autonomous area, autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The ...
(town)
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Parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christianity, Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest#Christianity, priest, often termed a parish pries ...
(town)
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Phoenix (village)
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Pulaski (village)
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Sandy Creek (town)
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Seneca Knolls (census-designated place)
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Skaneateles (village)
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Smithfield (town)
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Spafford (town)
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Stockbridge (town)
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Tully (town)
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Village Green
A village green is a commons, common open area within a village or other settlement. Historically, a village green was common pasture, grassland with a pond for watering cattle and other stock, often at the edge of a rural settlement, used for ...
(census-designated place)
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West Monroe (town)
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Williamstown (town)
Places with less than 1,000 inhabitants
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Altmar (village)
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Boylston (town)
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Cleveland
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...
(village)
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DeRuyter (village)
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Earlville (village; partial)
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Fabius
In Roman mythology, Fabius was the son of Hercules and an unnamed mother.
In "The Life of Fabius Maximus" from the ''Parallel Lives'' by Plutarch, Fabius, the first of his name, was the son of Hercules by a nymph or a woman native to the country, ...
(village)
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Georgetown (town)
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Hannibal
Hannibal (; ; 247 – between 183 and 181 BC) was a Punic people, Carthaginian general and statesman who commanded the forces of Ancient Carthage, Carthage in their battle against the Roman Republic during the Second Punic War.
Hannibal's fat ...
(village)
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Lacona (village)
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Madison (village)
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Munnsville (village)
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Parish
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(village)
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Redfield (town)
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Sand Ridge (census-designated place)
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Sandy Creek (village)
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Tully (village)
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Wampsville (village)
Hamlets
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Cardiff
Cardiff (; ) is the capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of Wales. Cardiff had a population of in and forms a Principal areas of Wales, principal area officially known as the City and County of Ca ...
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Fruit Valley
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Hinmansville
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Jack's Reef
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Jamesville
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Leonardsville
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Memphis
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Messina Springs
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Mottville
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Mycenae
Mycenae ( ; ; or , ''Mykē̂nai'' or ''Mykḗnē'') is an archaeological site near Mykines, Greece, Mykines in Argolis, north-eastern Peloponnese, Greece. It is located about south-west of Athens; north of Argos, Peloponnese, Argos; and sou ...
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Onondaga Hill
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Pennellville
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Plainville
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Shepard Settlement
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South Spafford
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Spafford Valley
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Split Rock
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Taunton
Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England. It is a market town and has a Minster (church), minster church. Its population in 2011 was 64,621. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century priory, monastic foundation, owned by the ...
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Texas
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West Edmeston (partial)
Demographics
As of the 2000
census
A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a given Statistical population, population, usually displayed in the form of stati ...
,
the Metropolitan Statistical Area(MSA) had a population of 650,154 people, 252,043 households, and 164,202 families residing within the MSA. The racial composition of the MSA was 88.36%
White
White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no chroma). It is the color of objects such as snow, chalk, and milk, and is the opposite of black. White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wa ...
, 6.87%
African American
African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an Race and ethnicity in the United States, American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from an ...
, 0.74%
Native American, 1.61%
Asian, 0.03%
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islanders, Pasifika, Pasefika, Pacificans, or rarely Pacificers are the peoples of the list of islands in the Pacific Ocean, Pacific Islands. As an ethnic group, ethnic/race (human categorization), racial term, it is used to describe th ...
, 0.74% from
other races, and 1.65% from two or more races.
Hispanic
The term Hispanic () are people, Spanish culture, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or broadly. In some contexts, Hispanic and Latino Americans, especially within the United States, "Hispanic" is used as an Ethnici ...
or
Latino of any race made up 2.08% of the population.
The median household income in the MSA was $39,210, while the median family income was $47,862. Males had a median income of $35,698, compared to $25,373 for females. The
per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
In many countries, per capita income is determined using regular population surveys, such ...
for the MSA was $19,098.
Combined Statistical Area
The Syracuse–
Auburn Combined Statistical Area is made up of four counties in central New York. The statistical area includes one
metropolitan area
A metropolitan area or metro is a region consisting of a densely populated urban area, urban agglomeration and its surrounding territories which share Industry (economics), industries, commercial areas, Transport infrastructure, transport network ...
and one
micropolitan area.
*Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
**Syracuse (Onondaga, Oswego, and Madison counties)
*Micropolitan Statistical Areas (μSAs)
**Auburn (
Cayuga County)
Sports
Current teams

Professional teams in Syracuse include:
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Syracuse Mets (
International League
The International League (IL) is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the United States. Along with the Pacific Coast League, it is one of two leagues playing at the Triple-A (baseball), Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major ...
affiliate of the
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the Boroughs of New York City, New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National ...
) Stadium:
NBT Bank Stadium
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Syracuse Crunch (
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league in North America that serves as the primary developmental league of the National Hockey League (NHL). The league comprises 32 teams, with 26 in the United States and 6 in Cana ...
affiliate of the
Tampa Bay Lightning) Arena:
War Memorial at Oncenter
College teams in Syracuse include:
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Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...
Orange (
NCAA Division I-A
The NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), formerly known as Division I-A, is the highest level of college football in the United States. The FBS consists of the largest schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). As ...
) Stadium:
JMA Wireless Dome
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Le Moyne College Dolphins (
Northeast Conference
The Northeast Conference (NEC) is a collegiate athletic conference whose schools are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Teams in the NEC compete in Division I for all sports; football competes in the Division I Foo ...
, NCAA Division I)
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Onondaga Community College Lazers (
NJCAA)
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SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry Mighty Oaks (
USCAA)
Syracuse University sports are by far the most attended sporting events in the Syracuse area. Basketball games often draw over 30,000 fans, and football games over 40,000. The university has bred dozens of famous professional players since starting an athletics program in the late nineteenth century, including all-time greats
Jim Brown,
Larry Csonka and
Dave Bing, and present professional stars
Marvin Harrison,
Carmelo Anthony,
Dwight Freeney,
Jason Hart, and
Donovan McNabb. Both teams play in the JMA Dome.
Colleges and universities
*Syracuse
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Syracuse University
Syracuse University (informally 'Cuse or SU) is a Private university, private research university in Syracuse, New York, United States. It was established in 1870 with roots in the Methodist Episcopal Church but has been nonsectarian since 1920 ...
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SUNY Upstate Medical University
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SUNY-ESF
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SUNY Oswego Metro Center
**Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital
**St. Joseph's College of Nursing
*Elsewhere in Onondaga County
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Le Moyne College in
DeWitt
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Onondaga Community College in
Onondaga Hill
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Bryant & Stratton College has campuses in
Liverpool
Liverpool is a port City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. It is situated on the eastern side of the River Mersey, Mersey Estuary, near the Irish Sea, north-west of London. With a population ...
and Syracuse
**
Columbia College has a campus at
Hancock Field in
Salina"About Hancock Field Campus,"
Columbia College website. Accessed: 11 July 2018.
** Empire State College has a campus in East Syracuse
*Madison County
**Colgate University
Colgate University is a Private university, private college in Hamilton, New York, United States. The Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college was founded in 1819 as the Baptist Education Society of the State of New York ...
in Hamilton
** Cazenovia College in Cazenovia
** Morrisville State College in Morrisville
*Oswego County
** SUNY Oswego in Fulton, Oswego, and Phoenix
Notable Individuals
Several well-known individuals have ties to the Syracuse metropolitan area, including:
* L. Frank Baum – author of '' The Wonderful Wizard of Oz''; born in Chittenango, New York
* Joey Belladonna – singer of heavy metal band Anthrax; born Joseph Belardini in Oswego, New York
* Grover Cleveland
Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837June 24, 1908) was the 22nd and 24th president of the United States, serving from 1885 to 1889 and from 1893 to 1897. He was the first U.S. president to serve nonconsecutive terms and the first Hist ...
– two-term United States President; childhood resident of Fayetteville, New York
* Robin Curtis – actress of Star Trek
''Star Trek'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Gene Roddenberry, which began with the Star Trek: The Original Series, series of the same name and became a worldwide Popular culture, pop-culture Cultural influence of ...
films, resident of Cazenovia, New York
* Matilda Joslyn Gage – 19th century Fayetteville, New York feminist
* Gym Class Heroes – band from Geneva, New York
* Beezie Madden – Olympic Gold Medal Equestrian Show Jumper, resident of Cazenovia, New York
* Dave Mirra – professional BMX bike rider, former resident of Chittenango, New York
* Jonathan Murray – American television producer, born in Fayetteville, New York
* Eliza Orlins – contestant on '' Survivor: Vanuatu'', '' Survivor: Micronesia'', and '' The Amazing Race 31''
* Leland Stanford
Amasa Leland Stanford (March 9, 1824June 21, 1893) was an American attorney, industrialist, philanthropist, and Republican Party (United States), Republican Party politician from Watervliet, New York. He served as the eighth governor of Calif ...
– founder of Stanford University
Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...
; graduate of Cazenovia Seminary
* David Foster Wallace – author, born in Ithaca, New York
* Bobcat Goldthwait – Actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film and television director born and raised in Syracuse
* Tom Kenny
Thomas James Kenny (born July 13, 1962) is an American actor and comedian. He has been voicing SpongeBob SquarePants (character), the titular character in ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and associated media since its debut in 1999. Kenny has voice ...
– Actor and comedian, voice of SpongeBob SquarePants (character), born and raised in Syracuse
* John Katko – Four-term Congressman from Camillus, New York, serving the 24th Congressional District
See also
* New York census statistical areas
* Timeline of town creation in Central New York
References
{{Authority control
Onondaga County, New York
Oswego County, New York
Madison County, New York