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People QuickFacts | Essex County | New York
Population, 2012 estimate | 38,961 | 19,570,261
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 39,372 | 19,378,104
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.0% | 1.0%
Population, 2010 | 39,370 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 4.4% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 18.4% | 21.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 19.9% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 48.1% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 94.8% | 71.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 2.8% | 17.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.5% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.8% | 8.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.1% | 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 2.6% | 18.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 92.9% | 57.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.3% | 88.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 4.9% | 21.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.4% | 29.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 87.9% | 84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 24.8% | 32.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,679 | 986,313
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.4 | 31.4
Housing units, 2011 | 25,768 | 8,119,364
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 72.8% | 54.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.7% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $153,200 | $301,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 16,067 | 7,215,687
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.26 | 2.59
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $24,915 | $31,796
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $46,629 | $56,951
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.2% | 14.5%
Business QuickFacts | Essex County | New York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 1,159 | 521,537
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 9,974 | 7,369,731
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.7% | 1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 3,003 | 1,596,899
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,622 | 1,956,733
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 10.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.4% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 162,720,173
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 17,868 | 313,461,904
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 429,194 | 230,718,065
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,338 | $11,879
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 125,639 | 39,813,499
Building permits, 2012 | 172 | 24,872
Geography QuickFacts | Essex County | New York
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 1,794.23 | 47,126.40
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 21.9 | 411.2
FIPS Code | 31 | 36
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.
FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms
Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts