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People QuickFacts | Rensselaer County | New York
Population, 2012 estimate | 159,835 | 19,570,261
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 159,429 | 19,378,104
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.3% | 1.0%
Population, 2010 | 159,429 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.5% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.0% | 22.0%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.7% | 13.7%
Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.7% | 51.5%
White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 88.1% | 71.5%
Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 6.9% | 17.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.3% | 1.0%
Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 2.4% | 7.8%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | Z | 0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.3% | 2.2%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 4.1% | 18.0%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 85.2% | 58.0%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 86.7% | 88.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.2% | 21.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 6.9% | 29.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.4% | 84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 27.4% | 32.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 12,820 | 986,313
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 22.1 | 31.4
Housing units, 2011 | 71,833 | 8,119,364
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 65.6% | 54.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 36.8% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $177,300 | $301,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 63,626 | 7,215,687
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.41 | 2.59
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $28,719 | $31,796
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $56,271 | $56,951
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 12.1% | 14.5%
Business QuickFacts | Rensselaer County | New York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 2,979 | 519,504
Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 41,409 | 7,266,189
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | -1.3 | -1.2
Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 8,566 | 1,575,780
Total number of firms, 2007 | 10,659 | 1,956,733
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.7% | 10.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 2.8% | 10.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 1.6% | 9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 30.5% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | D | 162,720,173
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,387,692 | 313,461,904
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,384,387 | 230,718,065
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $8,915 | $11,879
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 171,796 | 39,813,499
Building permits, 2011 | 155 | 22,575
Geography QuickFacts | Rensselaer County | New York
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 652.43 | 47,126.40
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 244.4 | 411.2
FIPS Code | 83 | 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