Binghamton

About Binghamton

Located at the confluence of Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers, Binghamton is at the crossroads of Interstates 81 and 88, and New York State Route 17. This city is part of the ‘Triple Cities,’ along with Endicott and Johnson City. All three are collectively referred to as Greater Binghamton.

Binghamton was named the 9th greenest city of the USA by Country Home magazine in 2007. This city is home to the Binghamton University. It has its biggest public observatory in the northeastern United States. IBM Corporation, Dick's Sporting Goods, Endicott Johnson Corporation, Raymond Corporation and the Link Trainer flight simulator are few of the industrial units headquartered in this city.

Named after William Bingham, this city was incorporated for the first time in 1834 as a village of the Town of Binghamton. It became a full-fledged city in 1867. Abel Bennett was the first mayor of this city. The district has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 19, 2008.

This city has a total area of 28.6 km² of which 27.0 km² is land and 1.6 km² is water. This city has humid climate with cold and snowy winters, and warmer and wet summers. It sees significant snowfall with an annual total of 82.4 inches. As per the 2000 census, its population is 47,380 people with 21,089 households and 10,417 families residing in the city. Its population density is 1,752.3/km². It has 23,971 housing units at an average density of 886.5/km². Its racial makeup is 83.18% Whites, 8.41% Black or African Americans, 0.26% Native Americans, 3.33% Asians, 0.04% Pacific Islanders, 1.71% miscellaneous races and 3.07% from two or more races. Its 3.90% population is of Hispanic or Latino race.

Sex ratio of Binghamton is 89.9 males for every 100 females, whereas for every 100 females aged 18 and over, there are 86.6 males.