Herkimer County Facts

Census Statistics

	Herkimer County	New York
Population, 2003 estimate	63,704	19,190,115
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.1%	1.1%
Population, 2000	64,427	18,976,457
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-2.1%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	5.6%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.4%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	16.8%	12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.5%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	97.8%	67.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.4%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	7.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	0.8%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	0.9%	15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	97.3%	62.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	66.4%	61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.0%	20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	5.2%	28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	79.4%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	15.7%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	11,689	3,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	21.9	31.7?
Housing units, 2002	32,217	7,754,508
Homeownership rate, 2000	71.2%	53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	21.7%	50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$67,500	$148,700?
Households, 2000	25,734	7,056,860
Persons per household, 2000	2.46	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$32,924	$43,393
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,141	$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.5%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	1,175	493,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	13,594	7,428,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-2.1%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	2,806	1,202,943
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	662,359	146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	313,356	139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,821	$7,678
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	3.3%	19.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	20.4%	26.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	132	49,149
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	317,123	128,994,460
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	1,411	47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000	45.7	401.9
Metropolitan Area	Utica-Rome, NY MSA	?
FIPS Code	043	36

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