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Orleans County Facts

Census Statistics

	Orleans County	New York
Population, 2003 estimate	43,629	19,190,115
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	-1.2%	1.1%
Population, 2000	44,171	18,976,457
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	5.6%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	6.2%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	26.2%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.4%	12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	50.4%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	89.1%	67.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	7.3%	15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	Z	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	1.5%	7.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	1.2%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	3.9%	15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	87.3%	62.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.1%	61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	2.7%	20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	4.6%	28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	76.4%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	13.0%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	7,534	3,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	25.7	31.7?
Housing units, 2002	17,445	7,754,508
Homeownership rate, 2000	75.6%	53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	18.4%	50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$72,600	$148,700?
Households, 2000	15,363	7,056,860
Persons per household, 2000	2.65	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$37,972	$43,393
Per capita money income, 1999	$16,457	$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	10.8%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	694	493,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	7,398	7,428,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.4%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	1,790	1,202,943
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	496,047	146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	191,524	139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$4,273	$7,678
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	F	19.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	44.1%	26.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	70	49,149
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	181,948	128,994,460
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	391	47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000	112.9	401.9
Metropolitan Area	Rochester, NY MSA	?
FIPS Code	073	36

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