Cayuga County | |
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![]() Cayuga County Courthouse | |
![]() Location within the U.S. state of New York | |
![]() New York's location within the U.S. | |
Coordinates: 43°00′N 76°34′W / 43°N 76.57°W | |
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State | ![]() |
Founded | 1799 |
Named for | Cayuga people |
Seat | Auburn |
Largest city | Auburn |
Area | |
• Total | 864 sq mi (2,240 km2) |
• Land | 692 sq mi (1,790 km2) |
• Water | 172 sq mi (450 km2) 20% |
Population (2020) | |
• Total | 76,248[1] |
• Density | 110.3/sq mi (42.6/km2) |
Time zone | UTC−5 (Eastern) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
Congressional district | 24th |
Website | www |
Cayuga County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 76,248.[2] Its county seat and largest city is Auburn.[3] The county was named for the Cayuga people, one of the Native American tribes in the Iroquois Confederation. The county is part of the Central New York region of the state.
Cayuga County comprises the Auburn, NY Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Syracuse-Auburn, NY Combined Statistical Area.