| Official Name: | Nanticoke, New York |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Motto: | The biggest little town in Broome County |
| Pushpin Map: | New York |
| Pushpin Label: | Nanticoke |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of New York |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | New York |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Broome |
| Government Type: | Town Council |
| Leader Title: | Town Supervisor |
| Leader Name: | Donald Benjamin |
| Leader Title1: | Town Council |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 63.09 |
| Area Land Km2: | 62.86 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.23 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 24.36 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 24.27 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.09 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 1672 |
| Population Density Km2: | 25.52 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 66.09 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation M: | 424 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1391 |
| Coordinates: | 42.2847°N -76.0247°W |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 36-007-49396 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 0979247 |
| Pop Est As Of: | 2016 |
| Population Est: | 1604 |
Nanticoke is a town in Broome County, New York, United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2010 census.[2] The town was named after the Nanticoke people, who were a Native American tribe native to Chesapeake Bay.
The town is on the western border of the county and is northwest of Binghamton.
The area was first settled by Europeans circa 1793. The town of Nanticoke was formed from the town of Lisle in 1831. The two villages, Glen Aubrey and Nanticoke, grew up around flour and lumber mills. Nanticoke people had been pushed from their home in Chesapeake Bay first to Nanticoke, Pennsylvania, south of Nanticoke, New York. Later they were pushed again and resettled north once more, in Nanticoke, Ontario.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 63.1km2, of which 62.9km2 is land and 0.2km2, or 0.37%, is water.[2]
The western town line is the border of Tioga County.
New York State Route 26 is a north-south highway in the town.
Nanticoke Creek flows southward from the town to the Susquehanna River.
As of the census[3] of 2000, there were 1,790 people, 629 households, and 481 families residing in the town. The population density was 73.6sp=usNaNsp=us. There were 717 housing units at an average density of 29.5sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of the town was 97.71% White, 0.28% African American, 0.39% Native American, 0.22% Asian, 0.22% from other races, and 1.17% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.84% of the population.
There were 629 households, out of which 39.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.5% were married couples living together, 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.4% were non-families. 17.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.85 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the town, the population was spread out, with 30.4% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 21.9% from 45 to 64, and 8.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 35 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.9 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $36,761, and the median income for a family was $39,545. Males had a median income of $30,469 versus $21,739 for females. The per capita income for the town was $15,683. About 9.2% of families and 11.2% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.8% of those under age 18 and 6.7% of those age 65 or over.