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People QuickFacts | Queens County | New York
Population, 2013 estimate | 2,296,175 | 19,651,127
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 2,230,725 | 19,378,105
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2013 | 2.9% | 1.4%
Population, 2010 | 2,230,722 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2013 | 6.2% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2013 | 20.5% | 21.6%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2013 | 13.4% | 14.4%
Female persons, percent, 2013 | 51.4% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 49.7% | 70.9%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 20.9% | 17.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 1.3% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 25.2% | 8.2%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2013 (a) | 0.2% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2013 | 2.7% | 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 (b) | 28.0% | 18.4%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2013 | 26.7% | 57.2%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 90.0% | 88.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 47.7% | 22.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 56.4% | 29.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 80.0% | 84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 29.9% | 32.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 60,576 | 957,004
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 42 | 31.5
Housing units, 2013 | 841,190 | 8,126,026
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 44.5% | 54.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 71.7% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $462,800 | $295,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 776,311 | 7,230,896
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.85 | 2.6
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $26,373 | $32,104
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $56,780 | $57,683
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 14.4% | 14.9%
Business QuickFacts | Queens County | New York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2012 | 45,157 | 527,001
Private nonfarm employment, 2012 | 506,249 | 7,556,521
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2011-2012 | 3.2% | 2.5%
Nonemployer establishments, 2012 | 224,014 | 1,612,106
Total number of firms, 2007 | 236,900 | 1,956,733
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 14.4% | 10.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 1.0% | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.0% | 10.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 16.3% | 9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 29.6% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 5,654,377 | 162,720,173
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 15,308,450 | 313,461,904
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 14,587,146 | 230,718,065
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $6,404 | $11,879
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,223,352 | 39,813,499
Building permits, 2012 | 1,428 | 24,872
Geography QuickFacts | Queens County | New York
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 108.53 | 47,126.40
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 20,553.6 | 411.2
FIPS Code | 81 | 36
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 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