People QuickFacts Bronx County New York Population, 2012 estimate 1,408,473 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,385,108 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.7% 1.0% Population, 2010 1,385,108 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.6% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 26.5% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 10.7% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.9% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 45.9% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 43.3% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.9% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 4.2% 7.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 3.2% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 53.8% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 11.2% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 87.8% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 33.0% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 56.3% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 69.2% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.9% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 37,866 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 41.8 31.4  Housing units, 2011 512,311 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 20.1% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 89.2% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $391,300 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 471,923 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.82 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $17,992 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $34,744 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 28.5% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Bronx County New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 16,355 519,504 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 228,150 7,266,189 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 10.6 -1.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 110,416 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 111,028 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 34.9% 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.8% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.5% 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 37.6% 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 40.5% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 8,039,810 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 5,539,827 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $4,000 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 743,221 39,813,499 Building permits, 2011 1,116 22,575     Geography QuickFacts Bronx County New York Land area in square miles, 2010 42.10 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 32,903.6 411.2 FIPS Code 005 36 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area   (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