People QuickFacts	Schenectady	New York
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	66,273	19,501,616
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	66,135	19,378,104
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.2%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	66,135	19,378,102
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	7.5%	6.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	24.4%	22.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	11.4%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.6%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	61.4%	65.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	20.2%	15.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.7%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	3.6%	7.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	6.7%	3.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	10.5%	17.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	57.5%	58.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	86.2%	88.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	12.4%	21.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	12.5%	29.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	83.3%	84.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	18.1%	32.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	4,732	986,313
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	21.9	31.4 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	30,095	8,108,103
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	49.9%	54.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	61.0%	50.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$114,300	$301,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	24,455	7,215,687
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	2.53	2.59
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$20,149	$31,796
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$37,436	$56,951
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	22.6%	14.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Schenectady	New York
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,367	1,956,733
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.9%	10.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	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    	7.6%	9.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	1,096,548	162,720,173
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	340,585	313,461,904
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	441,663	230,718,065
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$7,197	$11,879
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	72,531	39,813,499

   	Geography QuickFacts	Schenectady	New York
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	10.78	47,126.40
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	6,135.5	411.2
 	FIPS Code    	65508	36
 	Counties    	Schenectady 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