People QuickFacts Hamilton County New York Population, 2012 estimate 4,778 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 4,836 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -1.2% 1.0% Population, 2010 4,836 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 3.5% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 16.3% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 24.1% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 49.6% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 97.1% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.9% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.3% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 7.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.2% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 1.2% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 96.1% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 94.7% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 2.6% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 2.6% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.8% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 25.6% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 599 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 23.1 31.4  Housing units, 2011 8,749 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 82.5% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 3.7% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $166,300 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 2,303 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.07 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $29,214 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $51,142 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 9.5% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Hamilton County New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 196 521,537 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 814 7,369,731 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 -4.9% 1.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 492 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 684 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 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) 0 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 31,894 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,358 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 22,572 39,813,499 Building permits, 2012 31 24,872     Geography QuickFacts Hamilton County New York Land area in square miles, 2010 1,717.37 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 2.8 411.2 FIPS Code 041 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