Nassau County Facts

Census Statistics

	Nassau County	New York
Population, 2003 estimate	1,339,463	19,190,115
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.4%	1.1%
Population, 2000	1,334,544	18,976,457
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	3.6%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.5%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	24.7%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	15.0%	12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	51.9%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	79.3%	67.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	10.1%	15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.2%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	4.7%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	3.6%	7.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.1%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	10.0%	15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	74.0%	62.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	69.9%	61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	17.9%	20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	23.2%	28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	86.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	35.4%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	196,086	3,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	34.3	31.7?
Housing units, 2002	459,862	7,754,508
Homeownership rate, 2000	80.3%	53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	19.7%	50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$242,300	$148,700?
Households, 2000	447,387	7,056,860
Persons per household, 2000	2.93	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$72,030	$43,393
Per capita money income, 1999	$32,151	$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	5.2%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	47,591	493,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	564,164	7,428,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.3%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	106,237	1,202,943
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	7,117,267	146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	16,483,581	139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,686	$7,678
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	14.8%	19.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	24.6%	26.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	985	49,149
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	7,209,037	128,994,460
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	287	47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000	4,655.0	401.9
Metropolitan Area	Nassau-Suffolk, NY P	?
FIPS Code	059	36

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