People QuickFacts Ilion New York Population, 2012 estimate 8,012 19,570,261 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 8,053 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 -0.5% 1.0% Population, 2010 8,053 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.7% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 24.1% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 15.4% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.1% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 96.0% 65.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.2% 15.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.3% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.5% 7.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.0% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 1.5% 3.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 2.4% 17.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 94.3% 58.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 88.8% 88.5% Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 1.5% 21.8% Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 3.4% 29.5% High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 88.8% 84.6% Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 17.4% 32.5% Veterans, 2007-2011 596 986,313 Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 21.9 31.4  Housing units, 2010 3,569 8,108,103 Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 55.4% 54.8% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 38.4% 50.5% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 $83,800 $301,000 Households, 2007-2011 3,418 7,215,687 Persons per household, 2007-2011 2.32 2.59 Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 $21,324 $31,796 Median household income, 2007-2011 $41,065 $56,951 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 15.3% 14.5%     Business QuickFacts Ilion New York Total number of firms, 2007 600 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 F 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 S 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) D 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 16,724 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 42,439 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $5,263 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) D 39,813,499     Geography QuickFacts Ilion New York Land area in square miles, 2010 2.49 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 3,230.2 411.2 FIPS Code 37275 36 Counties Herkimer 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