Delmar, NY

Andy | January 25, 2024

Back in the early 1950s, Cherry Valley was bypassed by US Route 20, with a new four lane limited-access arterial. The former alignment is now County Route 54 which runs from the Teepee to East Springfield. The traditional topographic maps don't show the new alignment of US 20.

Here is a look at the MTA Region and it’s population over the years.

Region	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020
MTA Region Population, 1920-2020
Long Island	2.28%	3.69%	4.48%	6.40%	11.72%	14.00%	14.84%	14.50%	14.51%	14.62%	14.46%
New York City	54.12%	55.06%	55.31%	53.22%	46.37%	43.29%	40.28%	40.70%	42.20%	42.19%	43.58%
Quarter Pounder	2.58%	2.46%	2.61%	2.69%	3.15%	4.01%	4.79%	5.09%	5.29%	5.58%	5.61%
Upstate	37.71%	34.66%	33.35%	33.48%	33.94%	33.80%	35.16%	34.84%	33.13%	32.71%	31.37%
Westchester	3.32%	4.14%	4.26%	4.22%	4.82%	4.90%	4.94%	4.86%	4.87%	4.90%	4.97%
Andy Arthur, 3/6/23. Data Source: IPUMS. 2022. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V17.0

Here is the raw numbers for counties from IPUMS/NHGIS.

County	1920	1930	1940	1950	1960	1970	1980	1990	2000	2010	2020
County Population, 1920-2020
Albany	186,106	211,953	221,315	239,386	272,926	286,742	285,909	292,594	294,565	304,204	314,848
Allegany	36,842	38,025	39,681	43,784	43,978	46,458	51,742	50,470	49,927	48,946	46,456
Bronx	732,016	1,265,258	1,394,711	1,451,277	1,424,815	1,471,701	1,168,972	1,203,789	1,332,650	1,385,108	1,472,654
Broome	113,610	147,022	165,749	184,698	212,661	221,815	213,648	212,160	200,536	200,600	198,683
Cattaraugus	71,323	72,398	72,652	77,901	80,187	81,666	85,697	84,234	83,955	80,317	77,042
Cayuga	65,221	64,751	65,508	70,136	73,942	77,439	79,894	82,313	81,963	80,026	76,248
Chautauqua	115,348	126,457	123,580	135,189	145,377	147,305	146,925	141,895	139,750	134,905	127,657
Chemung	65,872	74,680	73,718	86,827	98,706	101,537	97,656	95,195	91,070	88,830	84,148
Chenango	34,969	34,665	36,454	39,138	43,243	46,368	49,344	51,768	51,401	50,477	47,220
Clinton	43,898	46,687	54,006	53,622	72,722	72,934	80,750	85,969	79,894	82,128	79,843
Columbia	38,930	41,617	41,464	43,182	47,322	51,519	59,487	62,982	63,094	63,096	61,570
Cortland	29,625	31,709	33,668	37,158	41,113	45,894	48,820	48,963	48,599	49,336	46,809
Delaware	42,774	41,163	40,989	44,420	43,540	44,718	46,824	47,225	48,055	47,980	44,308
Dutchess	91,747	105,462	120,542	136,781	176,008	222,295	245,055	259,462	280,150	297,488	295,911
Erie	634,688	762,408	798,377	899,238	1,064,688	1,113,491	1,015,472	968,532	950,265	919,040	954,236
Essex	31,871	33,959	34,178	35,086	35,300	34,631	36,176	37,152	38,851	39,370	37,381
Franklin	43,541	45,694	44,286	44,830	44,742	43,931	44,929	46,540	51,134	51,599	47,555
Fulton	44,927	46,560	48,597	51,021	51,304	52,637	55,153	54,191	55,073	55,531	53,324
Genesee	37,976	44,468	44,481	47,584	53,994	58,722	59,400	60,060	60,370	60,079	58,388
Greene	25,796	25,808	27,926	28,745	31,372	33,136	40,861	44,739	48,195	49,221	47,931
Hamilton	3,970	3,929	4,188	4,105	4,267	4,714	5,034	5,279	5,379	4,836	5,107
Herkimer	64,962	64,006	59,527	61,407	66,370	67,633	66,714	65,797	64,427	64,519	60,139
Jefferson	82,250	83,574	84,003	85,521	87,835	88,508	88,151	110,943	111,738	116,229	116,721
Kings	2,018,356	2,560,401	2,698,285	2,738,175	2,627,319	2,602,012	2,230,936	2,300,664	2,465,326	2,504,700	2,736,074
Lewis	23,704	23,447	22,815	22,521	23,249	23,644	25,035	26,796	26,944	27,087	26,582
Livingston	36,830	37,560	38,510	40,257	44,053	54,041	57,006	62,372	64,328	65,393	61,834
Madison	39,535	39,790	39,598	46,214	54,635	62,864	65,150	69,120	69,441	73,442	68,016
Monroe	352,034	423,881	438,230	487,632	586,387	711,917	702,238	713,968	735,343	744,344	759,443
Montgomery	57,928	60,076	59,142	59,594	57,240	55,883	53,439	51,981	49,708	50,219	49,532
Nassau	126,120	303,053	406,748	672,765	1,300,171	1,428,080	1,321,582	1,287,348	1,334,544	1,339,532	1,395,774
New York	2,284,103	1,867,312	1,889,924	1,960,101	1,698,281	1,539,233	1,428,285	1,487,536	1,537,195	1,585,873	1,694,251
Niagara	118,705	149,329	160,110	189,992	242,269	235,720	227,354	220,756	219,846	216,469	212,666
Oneida	182,833	198,763	203,636	222,855	264,401	273,037	253,466	250,836	235,469	234,878	232,125
Onondaga	241,465	291,606	295,108	341,719	423,028	472,746	463,920	468,973	458,336	467,026	476,516
Ontario	52,652	54,276	55,307	60,172	68,070	78,849	88,909	95,101	100,224	107,931	112,458
Orange	119,844	130,383	140,113	152,255	183,734	221,657	259,603	307,647	341,367	372,813	401,310
Orleans	28,619	28,795	27,760	29,832	34,159	37,305	38,496	41,846	44,171	42,883	40,343
Oswego	71,045	69,645	71,275	77,181	86,118	100,897	113,901	121,771	122,377	122,109	117,525
Otsego	46,200	46,710	46,082	50,763	51,942	56,181	59,075	60,517	61,676	62,259	58,524
Putnam	10,802	13,744	16,555	20,307	31,722	56,696	77,193	83,941	95,745	99,710	97,668
Queens	469,042	1,079,129	1,297,634	1,550,849	1,809,578	1,986,473	1,891,325	1,951,598	2,229,379	2,230,722	2,405,464
Rensselaer	113,129	119,781	121,834	132,607	142,585	152,510	151,966	154,429	152,538	159,429	161,130
Richmond	116,531	158,346	174,441	191,555	221,991	295,443	352,121	378,977	443,728	468,730	495,747
Rockland	45,548	59,599	74,261	89,276	136,803	229,903	259,530	265,475	286,753	311,687	338,329
Saratoga	60,029	63,314	65,606	74,869	89,096	121,679	153,759	181,276	200,635	219,607	235,509
Schenectady	109,363	125,021	122,494	142,497	152,896	160,979	149,946	149,285	146,555	154,727	158,061
Schoharie	21,303	19,667	20,812	22,703	22,616	24,750	29,710	31,859	31,582	32,749	29,714
Schuyler	13,098	12,909	12,979	14,182	15,044	16,737	17,686	18,662	19,224	18,343	17,898
Seneca	24,735	24,983	25,732	29,253	31,984	35,083	33,733	33,683	33,342	35,251	33,814
St. Lawrence	88,121	90,960	91,098	98,897	111,239	111,991	114,254	111,974	111,931	111,944	108,505
Steuben	80,627	82,671	84,927	91,439	97,691	99,546	99,217	99,088	98,726	98,990	93,584
Suffolk	110,246	161,055	197,355	276,129	666,784	1,124,950	1,284,231	1,321,864	1,419,369	1,493,350	1,525,920
Sullivan	33,163	35,272	37,901	40,731	45,272	52,580	65,155	69,277	73,966	77,547	78,624
Tioga	24,212	25,480	27,072	30,166	37,802	46,513	49,812	52,337	51,784	51,125	48,455
Tompkins	35,285	41,490	42,340	59,122	66,164	76,879	87,085	94,097	96,501	101,564	105,740
Ulster	74,979	80,155	87,017	92,621	118,804	141,241	158,158	165,304	177,749	182,493	181,851
Warren	31,673	34,174	36,035	39,205	44,002	49,402	54,854	59,209	63,303	65,707	65,737
Washington	44,888	46,482	46,726	47,144	48,476	52,725	54,795	59,330	61,042	63,216	61,302
Wayne	48,827	49,995	52,747	57,323	67,989	79,404	84,581	89,123	93,765	93,772	91,283
Westchester	344,436	520,947	573,558	625,816	808,891	894,104	866,599	874,866	923,459	949,113	1,004,457
Wyoming	30,314	28,764	31,394	32,822	34,793	37,688	39,895	42,507	43,424	42,155	40,531
Yates	16,641	16,848	16,381	17,615	18,614	19,831	21,459	22,810	24,621	25,348	24,774
Andy Arthur, 3/6/23. Data Source: IPUMS. 2022. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V17.0

Politicians aren’t taking climate change seriously because they know how big of a problem it is and how unpopular and costly the solutions truly are.

Don’t wait for the politicians to act on climate change. They won’t. Don’t waste your money on virtue signaling by buying grid tied solar panels or organic food. It won’t help the problem.

Be prepared to be impacted by climate change sooner than later. Expect more power outages and food shortages at the store. Expect more damage to your land and property due to all forms of extreme weather – heavy bursts of rain and flash flooding in the east, extreme wildlife risk in the west.

Best to be self reliant. Live off grid or at least have a generator. Own less stuff likely to be destroyed in severe weather. Have a tractor with a front end loader to repair wash outs and bury debris. Grow, produce and harvest more of your own food. Keep money in the bank rather than physical assets easily destroyed in severe weather.