People QuickFacts	Mount Vernon	New York
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	67,780	19,465,197
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	67,290	19,378,104
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.7%	0.4%
 	Population, 2010    	67,292	19,378,102
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	6.6%	6.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.9%	22.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.8%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	54.6%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	24.3%	65.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	63.4%	15.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.5%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.8%	7.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.7%	3.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	14.3%	17.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	18.5%	58.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	89.5%	88.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	31.1%	21.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	24.4%	29.2%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	81.7%	84.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	24.8%	32.1%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	28.6	31.3 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	38.2%	55.2%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	64.4%	50.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$428,400	$303,900
 	Households, 2006-2010    	26,230	7,205,740
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.53	2.59
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$27,611	$30,948
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$49,862	$55,603
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	12.8%	14.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Mount Vernon	New York
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	6,600	1,956,733
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	37.3%	10.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	4.7%	10.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	11.6%	9.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	32.4%	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	548,704	162,720,173
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	541,409	313,461,904
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	583,799	230,718,065
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$8,543	$11,879
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	40,782	39,813,499

   	Geography QuickFacts	Mount Vernon	New York
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	4.39	47,126.40
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	15,342.5	411.2
 	FIPS Code    	49121	36
 	Counties    	Westchester 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