People QuickFacts Franklin County New York Population, 2012 estimate 51,795 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 51,597 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.4% 1.0% Population, 2010 51,599 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.3% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.4% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 13.6% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 45.1% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 84.5% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 6.5% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 7.3% 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) 3.0% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 82.4% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 83.5% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 5.6% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 9.2% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 83.3% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.4% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 4,228 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 19.5 31.4  Housing units, 2011 25,395 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 72.1% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 15.7% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $91,400 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 18,940 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.38 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $20,831 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $43,673 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 16.9% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Franklin County New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 1,029 521,537 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 11,039 7,369,731 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.1% 1.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 2,726 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 3,513 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.3% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 0 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 476,393 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,437 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 42,710 39,813,499 Building permits, 2012 62 24,872     Geography QuickFacts Franklin County New York Land area in square miles, 2010 1,629.12 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 31.7 411.2 FIPS Code 033 36 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Malone, NY Micro 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