People QuickFacts Queens County (Queens Borough) New York Population, 2012 estimate 2,272,771 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 2,230,725 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.9% 1.0% Population, 2010 2,230,722 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 6.1% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 20.6% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 12.9% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 51.5% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 50.4% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 21.0% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.3% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 24.3% 7.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 2.7% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 27.8% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 27.6% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 89.5% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 47.8% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 56.3% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 80.1% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 29.8% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 62,591 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 41.9 31.4  Housing units, 2011 832,132 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 44.9% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 71.6% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $474,000 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 773,130 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.83 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $26,234 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $56,406 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 13.7% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Queens County (Queens Borough) New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 44,067 521,537 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 490,435 7,369,731 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 1.3% 1.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 216,114 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 236,900 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 14.4% 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.0% 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.3% 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 29.6% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 5,654,377 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 15,308,450 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 14,587,146 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $6,404 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,223,352 39,813,499 Building permits, 2012 1,428 24,872     Geography QuickFacts Queens County (Queens Borough) New York Land area in square miles, 2010 108.53 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 20,553.6 411.2 FIPS Code 081 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