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People QuickFacts | Schenectady | New York
Population, 2011 estimate | 66,273 | 19,501,616
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 66,135 | 19,378,104
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.2% | 0.6%
Population, 2010 | 66,135 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.5% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.4% | 22.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 11.4% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.6% | 51.6%
White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 61.4% | 65.7%
Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 20.2% | 15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.7% | 0.6%
Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.6% | 7.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 6.7% | 3.0%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 10.5% | 17.6%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 57.5% | 58.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.2% | 88.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.4% | 21.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 12.5% | 29.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.3% | 84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 18.1% | 32.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 4,732 | 986,313
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 21.9 | 31.4
Housing units, 2010 | 30,095 | 8,108,103
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 49.9% | 54.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 61.0% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $114,300 | $301,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 24,455 | 7,215,687
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.53 | 2.59
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $20,149 | $31,796
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $37,436 | $56,951
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 22.6% | 14.5%
Business QuickFacts | Schenectady | New York
Total number of firms, 2007 | 4,367 | 1,956,733
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 10.9% | 10.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.6% | 9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,096,548 | 162,720,173
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 340,585 | 313,461,904
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 441,663 | 230,718,065
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,197 | $11,879
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 72,531 | 39,813,499
Geography QuickFacts | Schenectady | New York
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 10.78 | 47,126.40
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 6,135.5 | 411.2
FIPS Code | 65508 | 36
Counties | Schenectady 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