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People QuickFacts | Schenectady County | New York
Population, 2012 estimate | 155,124 | 19,570,261
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 154,727 | 19,378,104
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.3% | 1.0%
Population, 2010 | 154,727 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.8% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 22.2% | 21.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 15.1% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 51.5% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 80.9% | 71.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 10.8% | 17.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 4.2% | 8.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 3.3% | 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 6.1% | 18.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 76.9% | 57.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 89.5% | 88.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.7% | 21.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 9.6% | 29.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 90.1% | 84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 28.8% | 32.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 11,926 | 986,313
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.1 | 31.4
Housing units, 2011 | 68,364 | 8,119,364
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 68.0% | 54.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 38.5% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $165,000 | $301,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 58,203 | 7,215,687
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.56 | 2.59
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $28,001 | $31,796
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $55,587 | $56,951
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.0% | 14.5%
Business QuickFacts | Schenectady County | New York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 3,068 | 521,537
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 48,703 | 7,369,731
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 2.7% | 1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 8,437 | 1,596,899
Total number of firms, 2007 | 11,967 | 1,956,733
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.0% | 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 | 3.2% | 9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.1% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 1,702,485 | 162,720,173
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 601,638 | 313,461,904
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,664,349 | 230,718,065
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $11,074 | $11,879
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 151,820 | 39,813,499
Building permits, 2012 | 258 | 24,872
Geography QuickFacts | Schenectady County | New York
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 204.52 | 47,126.40
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 756.6 | 411.2
FIPS Code | 93 | 36
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Metro 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