Dutchess County Facts

Census Statistics

	Dutchess County	New York
Population, 2003 estimate	290,885	19,190,115
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	3.8%	1.1%
Population, 2000	280,150	18,976,457
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	8.0%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.2%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.1%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.0%	12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.0%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	83.7%	67.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	9.3%	15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.5%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	2.4%	7.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.9%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	6.4%	15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	80.3%	62.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	59.5%	61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	8.4%	20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	11.9%	28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	84.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	27.6%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	41,194	3,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	29.8	31.7?
Housing units, 2002	108,326	7,754,508
Homeownership rate, 2000	69.0%	53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	26.6%	50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$154,200	$148,700?
Households, 2000	99,536	7,056,860
Persons per household, 2000	2.63	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$53,086	$43,393
Per capita money income, 1999	$23,940	$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	7.5%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	6,862	493,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	98,314	7,428,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	8.0%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	16,633	1,202,943
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	3,032,927	146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	2,259,516	139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$8,571	$7,678
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	8.7%	19.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.4%	26.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,130	49,149
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	1,242,586	128,994,460
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	802	47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000	349.5	401.9
Metropolitan Area	Dutchess County, NY	?
FIPS Code	027	36

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