People QuickFacts Waterbury Connecticut Population, 2012 estimate 109,915 3,590,347 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 110,366 3,574,097 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.4% 0.5% Population, 2010 110,366 3,574,097 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 7.2% 5.7% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 25.6% 22.9% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.6% 14.2% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.4% 51.3%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 58.8% 77.6% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 20.1% 10.1% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.6% 0.3% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.8% 3.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.6% 2.6% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 31.2% 13.4% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 45.4% 71.2%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 86.6% 88.0% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 14.4% 13.3% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 31.6% 20.8% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 78.7% 88.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.2% 35.7% Veterans, 2007-2011 5,926 235,132 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.7 24.7  Housing units, 2010 47,991 1,487,891 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 49.6% 68.9% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 55.9% 34.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $164,000 $293,100 Households, 2007-2011 42,599 1,360,115 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.54 2.53 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,004 $37,627 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,499 $69,243 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 20.6% 9.5%     Business QuickFacts Waterbury Connecticut Total number of firms, 2007 7,267 332,150 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 9.3% 4.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.6% 0.5% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 4.1% 3.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.0% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.8% 4.2% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 24.7% 28.1%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,009,392 58,404,898 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 622,865 107,917,037 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,526,412 52,165,480 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $14,293 $14,953 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 138,717 9,138,437     Geography QuickFacts Waterbury Connecticut Land area in square miles, 2010 28.52 4,842.36 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,869.9 738.1 FIPS Code 80000 09 Counties New Haven County (a) Includes persons reporting only one race. (b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts