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People QuickFacts | Suffolk County | New York
Population, 2012 estimate | 1,499,273 | 19,570,261
Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 1,493,350 | 19,378,104
Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | 0.4% | 1.0%
Population, 2010 | 1,493,350 | 19,378,102
Persons under 5 years, percent, 2012 | 5.6% | 6.0%
Persons under 18 years, percent, 2012 | 23.1% | 21.8%
Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2012 | 14.5% | 14.1%
Female persons, percent, 2012 | 50.8% | 51.5%
White alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 85.8% | 71.2%
Black or African American alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 8.2% | 17.5%
American Indian and [NAME] alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.6% | 1.0%
Asian alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 3.7% | 8.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, percent, 2012 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1%
Two or More Races, percent, 2012 | 1.7% | 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 (b) | 17.3% | 18.2%
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino, percent, 2012 | 70.6% | 57.6%
Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 92.6% | 88.5%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.2% | 21.8%
Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 20.1% | 29.5%
High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.5% | 84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 32.4% | 32.5%
Veterans, 2007-2011 | 89,799 | 986,313
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 30.3 | 31.4
Housing units, 2011 | 572,995 | 8,119,364
Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 80.8% | 54.8%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 14.0% | 50.5%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $411,000 | $301,000
Households, 2007-2011 | 496,677 | 7,215,687
Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.93 | 2.59
Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $36,588 | $31,796
Median household income, 2007-2011 | $87,187 | $56,951
Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 5.7% | 14.5%
Business QuickFacts | Suffolk County | New York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 | 47,668 | 521,537
Private nonfarm employment, 2011 | 538,635 | 7,369,731
Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 | 1.3% | 1.4%
Nonemployer establishments, 2011 | 120,182 | 1,596,899
Total number of firms, 2007 | 159,640 | 1,956,733
Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.5% | 10.4%
American Indian- and [NAME] firms, percent, 2007 | 0.4% | 0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 4.3% | 10.1%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 0.1%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.1% | 9.9%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 27.0% | 30.4%
Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 19,089,722 | 162,720,173
Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 38,208,940 | 313,461,904
Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 23,319,943 | 230,718,065
Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $15,426 | $11,879
Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 2,376,382 | 39,813,499
Building permits, 2012 | 1,061 | 24,872
Geography QuickFacts | Suffolk County | New York
Land area in square miles, 2010 | 912.05 | 47,126.40
Persons per square mile, 2010 | 1,637.4 | 411.2
FIPS Code | 103 | 36
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, 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