People QuickFacts Chenango County New York Population, 2012 estimate 49,933 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 50,479 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.1% 1.0% Population, 2010 50,477 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.4% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.3% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 17.0% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.2% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 97.0% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.4% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 7.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.9% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 95.3% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.3% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.9% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.5% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 86.0% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.5% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 4,300 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 22.5 31.4  Housing units, 2011 24,740 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 76.8% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 14.9% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $89,700 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 20,003 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.49 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $22,786 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,662 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.9% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Chenango County New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 956 521,537 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 11,621 7,369,731 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 2.2% 1.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 3,112 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 4,554 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.4% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 595,598 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 126,341 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 518,164 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $10,134 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 32,162 39,813,499 Building permits, 2012 94 24,872     Geography QuickFacts Chenango County New York Land area in square miles, 2010 893.55 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 56.5 411.2 FIPS Code 017 36 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area None   (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