People QuickFacts	Poughkeepsie	New York
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	32,790	19,465,197
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	32,736	19,378,104
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.2%	0.4%
 	Population, 2010    	32,736	19,378,102
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.2%	6.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	22.2%	22.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.0%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	52.0%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	50.9%	65.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	33.5%	15.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.9%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	1.6%	7.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	4.5%	3.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	19.5%	17.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	43.5%	58.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010    	77.5%	88.3%
 	Foreign born persons, percent,  2006-2010    	22.1%	21.7%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010    	20.5%	29.2%
 	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	77.5%	84.4%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010    	21.9%	32.1%
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010    	23.4	31.3 			
 	Homeownership rate, 2006-2010    	38.5%	55.2%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010    	68.8%	50.6%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010    	$263,100	$303,900
 	Households, 2006-2010    	13,470	7,205,740
 	Persons per household, 2006-2010    	2.36	2.59
 	Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010    	$23,192	$30,948
 	Median household income 2006-2010    	$38,406	$55,603
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010    	23.9%	14.2%

   	Business QuickFacts	Poughkeepsie	New York
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	2,227	1,956,733
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	17.2%	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)    	160,080	313,461,904
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	405,520	230,718,065
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$13,642	$11,879
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	81,740	39,813,499

   	Geography QuickFacts	Poughkeepsie	New York
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	5.14	47,126.40
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	6,363.9	411.2
 	FIPS Code    	59641	36
 	Counties    	Dutchess 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