People QuickFacts Saratoga County New York Population, 2012 estimate 222,133 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 219,607 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 1.2% 1.0% Population, 2010 219,607 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 5.4% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 22.1% 22.0% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 14.1% 13.7% Female persons, percent, 2011 50.8% 51.5%  White persons, percent, 2011 (a) 94.5% 71.5% Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) 1.7% 17.5% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) 0.2% 1.0% Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) 2.0% 7.8% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) Z 0.1% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 1.5% 2.2% Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) 2.6% 18.0% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 92.3% 58.0%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.9% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 4.0% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 5.4% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 92.6% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 35.4% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 18,196 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 25.1 31.4  Housing units, 2011 99,514 8,119,364 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 73.7% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 23.1% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $224,800 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 87,762 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.44 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $33,490 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $67,186 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 6.5% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Saratoga County New York Private nonfarm establishments, 2011 4,986 521,537 Private nonfarm employment, 2011 61,049 7,369,731 Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2010-2011 0.0% 1.4% Nonemployer establishments, 2010 14,833 1,575,780  Total number of firms, 2007 18,851 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 1.0% 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.2% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 28.5% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 1,783,567 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,239,396 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 4,506,435 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $20,838 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 333,539 39,813,499 Building permits, 2012 1,180 24,872     Geography QuickFacts Saratoga County New York Land area in square miles, 2010 809.98 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 271.1 411.2 FIPS Code 091 36 Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 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