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People QuickFacts | Beacon | New York
Population, 2012 estimate | 15,346 | 19,576,125
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 15,541 | 19,378,105
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -1.3% | 1.0%
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 alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 63.6% | 65.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 23.2% | 15.9%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.6% | 7.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.0% | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 4.5% | 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 20.7% | 17.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 53.6% | 58.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 83.2% | 88.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 10.9% | 22.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 20.3% | 29.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 85.0% | 84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 22.1% | 32.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 1,210 | 957,004
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 32.9 | 31.5
Housing units, 2010 | 5,715 | 8,108,103
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 47.7% | 54.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 44.2% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $261,500 | $295,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 5,661 | 7,230,896
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.47 | 2.6
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,157 | $32,104
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $57,792 | $57,683
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.0% | 14.9%
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) | 0 | 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