People QuickFacts Kings County New York Population, 2012 estimate 2,565,635 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 2,504,700 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 2.4% 1.0% Population, 2010 2,504,700 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 7.2% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 23.6% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 11.5% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 52.7% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 49.5% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 36.1% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.0% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 11.0% 7.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.2% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 20.0% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 35.7% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 90.7% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 37.3% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 46.1% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 78.0% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 29.2% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 54,941 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 41.7 31.4  Housing units, 2011 1,001,210 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 29.9% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 85.7% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $570,800 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 907,785 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.70 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $24,398 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $44,593 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 22.1% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Kings County New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 48,212 519,504 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 489,378 7,266,189 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 13.3 -1.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 234,091 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 253,129 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 20.8% 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.5% 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.8% 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 33.6% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 4,555,642 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 13,802,231 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 15,431,858 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,077 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 1,544,409 39,813,499 Building permits, 2011 1,522 22,575     Geography QuickFacts Kings County New York Land area in square miles, 2010 70.82 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 35,369.1 411.2 FIPS Code 047 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