People QuickFacts Nassau County New York Population, 2012 estimate 1,349,233 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 1,339,529 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 0.7% 1.0% Population, 2010 1,339,532 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.5% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.8% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 15.4% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.6% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 77.7% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 12.0% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.5% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 8.2% 7.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.1% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.6% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 15.0% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 64.8% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 93.1% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 20.9% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 27.5% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 89.9% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 41.2% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 67,872 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 33.5 31.4  Housing units, 2011 468,593 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 81.8% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 21.1% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $478,600 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 443,315 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.96 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $42,307 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $95,823 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 5.2% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Nassau County New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 47,113 519,504 Private nonfarm employment, 2010 511,467 7,266,189 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 -9.0 -1.2 Nonemployer establishments, 2010 126,437 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 167,931 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 6.4% 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.4% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 8.0% 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 7.1% 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.9% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) D 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 24,312,618 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $17,969 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,439,350 39,813,499 Building permits, 2011 853 22,575     Geography QuickFacts Nassau County New York Land area in square miles, 2010 284.72 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 4,704.8 411.2 FIPS Code 059 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