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People QuickFacts | Mount Vernon | New York
Population, 2012 estimate | 67,896 | 19,576,125
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 67,290 | 19,378,105
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.9% | 1.0%
Population, 2010 | 67,292 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.6% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 22.9% | 22.3%
Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010 | 13.8% | 13.5%
Female persons, percent, 2010 | 54.6% | 51.6%
White alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 24.3% | 65.7%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 63.4% | 15.9%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.6%
Asian alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 1.8% | 7.3%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.1% | 0.0%
Two or More Races, percent, 2010 | 3.7% | 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 (b) | 14.3% | 17.6%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2010 | 18.5% | 58.3%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2008-2012 | 89.1% | 88.7%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2008-2012 | 32.7% | 22.0%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2008-2012 | 23.4% | 29.8%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 83.6% | 84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2008-2012 | 25.3% | 32.8%
Veterans, 2008-2012 | 2,313 | 957,004
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2008-2012 | 29.9 | 31.5
Housing units, 2010 | 28,990 | 8,108,103
Homeownership rate, 2008-2012 | 38.0% | 54.5%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2008-2012 | 64.3% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2008-2012 | $407,700 | $295,300
Households, 2008-2012 | 25,919 | 7,230,896
Persons per household, 2008-2012 | 2.57 | 2.6
Per capita money income in past 12 months (2012 dollars), 2008-2012 | $27,182 | $32,104
Median household income, 2008-2012 | $50,122 | $57,683
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2008-2012 | 15.4% | 14.9%
Business QuickFacts | Mount Vernon | New York
Total number of firms, 2007 | 6,600 | 1,956,733
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 37.3% | 10.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.7% | 10.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 11.6% | 9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.4% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 548,704 | 162,720,173
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 541,409 | 313,461,904
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 583,799 | 230,718,065
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,543 | $11,879
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 40,782 | 39,813,499
Geography QuickFacts | Mount Vernon | New York
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 4.39 | 47,126.40
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 15,342.5 | 411.2
FIPS Code | 49121 | 36
Counties | Westchester 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