The population of Cortland county is estimated at 47,934. In 2017 there were 453 births and 415 deaths in Cortland county. Cortland county has 7,675 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 4,446 that are owned free and clear and 6,550 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Cortland County filed 20,470 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.2% of all New York filings and 0.014% of the entire nation. Cortland had a combined total federal tax liability of $148,563,000 on earned income of $1,037,218,000. Other notable statistics from Cortland County were 1,140 unemployment claims which collected a total of $5,991,000 and 3,460 charitable contributions valued at $11,336,000. 4,410 filings from Cortland County paid a combined total of $26,308,000 in property taxes and 3,460 filings paid $14,674,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Cortland county had 65 religious congregations with an estimated 13,908 members.
26.0% of the Cortland population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 9.4% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 38% of Cortland County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 726 votes.
At $52,038 the median income is 80.3% of the New York average. An estimated 1,357 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Cortland, the equivalant of around 5.9% of the county population. This represents an increase in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 5.7%.

Top 15 Industries in Cortland County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,591	Health care and social assistance
3,163	Manufacturing
2,574	Accommodation and food services
2,415	Retail trade
2,129	Food services and drinking places
1,303	Restaurants and other eating places
1,123	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
1,096	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
1,036	Professional, scientific, and technical services
825	Skiing facilities
710	Ambulatory health care services
671	Limited-service restaurants
588	Full-service restaurants
586	Fabricated metal product manufacturing
492	Food and beverage stores

In 2018 8.67% of listings in Cortland County.

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