People QuickFacts	West Haven	Connecticut
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	55,477	3,586,717
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	55,564	3,574,097
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	-0.2%	0.4%
 	Population, 2010    	55,564	3,574,097
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.9%	5.7%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	20.8%	22.9%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	12.4%	14.2%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.6%	51.3% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	65.7%	77.6%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	19.6%	10.1%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.3%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.7%	3.8%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.2%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.4%	2.6%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	18.3%	13.4%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	56.9%	71.2% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.4%	88.0%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	13.7%	13.3%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	21.0%	20.8%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.1%	88.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	23.0%	35.7%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	4,009	235,132
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	23.7	24.7 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	22,446	1,487,891
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	57.7%	68.9%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	48.1%	34.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$229,600	$293,100
 	Households, 2007-2011    	21,535	1,360,115
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.48	2.53
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$26,601	$37,627
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$53,057	$69,243
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	10.5%	9.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	West Haven	Connecticut
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	3,434	332,150
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	9.0%	4.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.5%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	6.6%	3.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.0%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	4.2%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	34.5%	28.1% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	377,909	58,404,898
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	486,774	107,917,037
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	443,118	52,165,480
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,452	$14,953
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	74,517	9,138,437

   	Geography QuickFacts	West Haven	Connecticut
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	10.75	4,842.36
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	5,170.2	738.1
 	FIPS Code    	82800	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