People QuickFacts Chestnut Ridge New York Population, 2011 estimate 8,003 19,501,616 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 7,916 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 1.1% 0.6% Population, 2010 7,916 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.1% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 23.5% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 19.2% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.4% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 68.7% 65.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 17.5% 15.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 8.1% 7.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 2.4% 3.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 11.1% 17.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 62.2% 58.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 91.8% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 29.0% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 34.0% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 87.8% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 43.9% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 397 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 31.8 31.4  Housing units, 2010 2,796 8,108,103 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 86.7% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 9.5% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $476,700 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 2,488 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.95 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $38,125 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $110,417 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 4.8% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Chestnut Ridge New York Total number of firms, 2007 926 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.0% 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 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 S 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 145,723 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 183,372 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $23,218 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 2,295 39,813,499     Geography QuickFacts Chestnut Ridge New York Land area in square miles, 2010 4.97 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 1,593.4 411.2 FIPS Code 15400 36 Counties Rockland County (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