Onondaga County Facts

Census Statistics

	Onondaga County	New York
Population, 2003 estimate	460,517	19,190,115
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	0.5%	1.1%
Population, 2000	458,336	18,976,457
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	-2.3%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.5%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	25.8%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	13.8%	12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.2%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	84.8%	67.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	9.4%	15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	2.1%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	7.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	2.0%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	2.4%	15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	83.7%	62.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	57.7%	61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	5.7%	20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	8.9%	28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	85.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	28.5%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	74,729	3,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	19.3	31.7?
Housing units, 2002	198,687	7,754,508
Homeownership rate, 2000	64.5%	53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	33.7%	50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$85,400	$148,700?
Households, 2000	181,153	7,056,860
Persons per household, 2000	2.46	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$40,847	$43,393
Per capita money income, 1999	$21,336	$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	12.2%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	11,737	493,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	224,972	7,428,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	-1.6%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	22,896	1,202,943
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	6,614,405	146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	4,372,310	139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$9,491	$7,678
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	4.8%	19.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	31.0%	26.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	1,380	49,149
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	2,721,102	128,994,460
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	780	47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000	587.4	401.9
Metropolitan Area	Syracuse, NY MSA	?
FIPS Code	067	36

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