People QuickFacts Middletown New York Population, 2011 estimate 28,243 19,465,197 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 28,086 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.6% 0.4% Population, 2010 28,086 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 8.1% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 27.3% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 10.6% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 51.1% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 52.4% 65.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 21.0% 15.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.8% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 1.9% 7.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) Z 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 5.3% 3.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 39.7% 17.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 37.1% 58.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 81.7% 88.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 19.9% 21.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 36.4% 29.2% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 75.3% 84.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 17.1% 32.1% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 27.3 31.3  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 52.1% 55.2% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 47.8% 50.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $228,300 $303,900 Households, 2006-2010 9,522 7,205,740 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.84 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $22,614 $30,948 Median household income 2006-2010 $54,354 $55,603 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 17.8% 14.2%     Business QuickFacts Middletown New York Total number of firms, 2007 2,635 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.5% 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 S 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 10.1% 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 25.8% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 198,214 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 128,461 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 457,052 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $17,702 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 77,277 39,813,499     Geography QuickFacts Middletown New York Land area in square miles, 2010 5.08 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 5,533.1 411.2 FIPS Code 47042 36 Counties Orange 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