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People QuickFacts | Beacon | New York
Population, 2011 estimate | 15,565 | 19,501,616
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 15,541 | 19,378,104
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.2% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 15,541 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 5.2% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 20.0% | 22.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 11.7% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 46.8% | 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 63.6% | 65.7%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 23.2% | 15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 7.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 4.5% | 3.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 20.7% | 17.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 53.6% | 58.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 82.1% | 88.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.8% | 21.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 20.2% | 29.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 84.6% | 84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 22.4% | 32.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 1,125 | 986,313
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 33.1 | 31.4
Housing units, 2010 | 5,715 | 8,108,103
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 54.2% | 54.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 41.6% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $276,100 | $301,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 5,570 | 7,215,687
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.51 | 2.59
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $26,205 | $31,796
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $60,132 | $56,951
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 16.1% | 14.5%
Business QuickFacts | Beacon | New York
Total number of firms, 2007 | 1,394 | 1,956,733
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 10.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) |  | 162,720,173
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | D | 313,461,904
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 128,623 | 230,718,065
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,815 | $11,879
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 5,563 | 39,813,499
Geography QuickFacts | Beacon | New York
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4.74 | 47,126.40
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 3,279.4 | 411.2
FIPS Code | 5100 | 36
Counties | Dutchess County
(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