People QuickFacts New York New York Population, 2011 estimate 8,244,910 19,465,197 Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base 8,175,133 19,378,104 Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 0.9% 0.4% Population, 2010 8,175,133 19,378,102 Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 6.3% 6.0% Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 21.6% 22.3% Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 12.1% 13.5% Female persons, percent, 2010 52.5% 51.6%  White persons, percent, 2010 (a) 44.0% 65.7% Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) 25.5% 15.9% American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) 0.7% 0.6% Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) 12.7% 7.3% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) 0.1% 0.0% Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 4.0% 3.0% Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) 28.6% 17.6% White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 33.3% 58.3%  Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 88.6% 88.3% Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 36.8% 21.7% Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 48.3% 29.2% High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 79.0% 84.4% Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 33.3% 32.1% Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 39.2 31.3  Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 33.0% 55.2% Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 83.4% 50.6% Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 $513,900 $303,900 Households, 2006-2010 3,047,249 7,205,740 Persons per household, 2006-2010 2.59 2.59 Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 $30,498 $30,948 Median household income 2006-2010 $50,285 $55,603 Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 19.1% 14.2%     Business QuickFacts New York New York Total number of firms, 2007 944,129 1,956,733 Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.4% 10.4% American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.9% 0.7% Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 16.3% 10.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 0.1% 0.1% Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 15.1% 9.9% Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 32.3% 30.4%  Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) 20,411,572 162,720,173 Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) 147,227,987 313,461,904 Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) 78,206,482 230,718,065 Retail sales per capita, 2007 $9,411 $11,879 Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) 22,095,094 39,813,499     Geography QuickFacts New York New York Land area in square miles, 2010 302.64 47,126.40 Persons per square mile, 2010 27,012.5 411.2 FIPS Code 51000 36 Counties Bronx County Kings County New York County Queens County Richmond 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