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People QuickFacts | Essex County | New York
Population, 2013 estimate | 38,762 | 19,651,127
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 39,372 | 19,378,105
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | -1.5% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 39,370 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 4.1% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 17.5% | 21.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 20.5% | 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 48.1% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 94.6% | 70.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 3.0% | 17.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.4% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.7% | 8.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 1.2% | 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 2.8% | 18.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 92.5% | 57.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 85.9% | 88.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 4.5% | 22.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 6.1% | 29.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 88.0% | 84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 24.5% | 32.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 3,767 | 957,004
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 20.6 | 31.5
Housing units, 2013 | 25,618 | 8,126,026
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 72.7% | 54.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.4% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $149,900 | $295,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 16,198 | 7,230,896
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.24 | 2.6
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $25,964 | $32,104
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $47,400 | $57,683
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 12.4% | 14.9%
Business QuickFacts | Essex County | New York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 1,174 | 527,001
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 10,851 | 7,556,521
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 8.8% | 2.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 2,989 | 1,612,106
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