People QuickFacts	Valley Stream	New York
 	Population, 2011 estimate    	37,651	19,501,616
 	Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base    	37,511	19,378,104
 	Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011    	0.4%	0.6%
 	Population, 2010    	37,511	19,378,102
 	Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010    	5.6%	6.0%
 	Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010    	23.1%	22.3%
 	Persons 65 years and over, percent,  2010    	13.3%	13.5%
 	Female persons, percent, 2010    	51.9%	51.6% 			
 	White persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	57.2%	65.7%
 	Black persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	18.6%	15.9%
 	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.3%	0.6%
 	Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a)    	11.4%	7.3%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a)    	0.1%	0.0%
 	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010    	3.5%	3.0%
 	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b)    	22.2%	17.6%
 	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010    	46.0%	58.3% 			
 	Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011    	94.0%	88.5%
 	Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011    	33.2%	21.8%
 	Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011    	41.8%	29.5%
 	High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	88.2%	84.6%
 	Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011    	32.4%	32.5%
 	Veterans, 2007-2011    	1,781	986,313
 	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011    	34.8	31.4 			
 	Housing units, 2010    	12,625	8,108,103
 	Homeownership rate, 2007-2011    	82.5%	54.8%
 	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011    	22.6%	50.5%
 	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011    	$419,000	$301,000
 	Households, 2007-2011    	11,498	7,215,687
 	Persons per household, 2007-2011    	3.23	2.59
 	Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011    	$30,891	$31,796
 	Median household income, 2007-2011    	$84,981	$56,951
 	Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011    	5.2%	14.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	Valley Stream	New York
 	Total number of firms, 2007    	4,594	1,956,733
 	Black-owned firms, percent, 2007    	11.2%	10.4%
 	American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007    	S	0.7%
 	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007    	13.3%	10.1%
 	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007    	F	0.1%
 	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007    	10.0%	9.9%
 	Women-owned firms, percent, 2007    	20.9%	30.4% 			
 	Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000)    	NA	162,720,173
 	Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000)    	317,247	313,461,904
 	Retail sales, 2007 ($1000)    	697,882	230,718,065
 	Retail sales per capita, 2007    	$19,325	$11,879
 	Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000)    	48,655	39,813,499

   	Geography QuickFacts	Valley Stream	New York
 	Land area in square miles, 2010    	3.48	47,126.40
 	Persons per square mile, 2010    	10,772.8	411.2
 	FIPS Code    	76705	36
 	Counties    	Nassau 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