| | People QuickFacts | Dutchess County | New York |
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Population, 2012 estimate | 297,322 | 19,570,261 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 297,474 | 19,378,104 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2012 | -0.1% | 1.0% |
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Population, 2010 | 297,488 | 19,378,102 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 | 5.0% | 6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 | 21.6% | 22.0% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 | 13.9% | 13.7% |
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Female persons, percent, 2011 | 50.2% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 82.9% | 71.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 10.6% | 17.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.4% | 1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 3.7% | 7.8% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) | 0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 | 2.2% | 2.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) | 10.8% | 18.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 | 74.2% | 58.0% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 87.1% | 88.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 11.4% | 21.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 15.0% | 29.5% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 89.2% | 84.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 32.0% | 32.5% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 20,054 | 986,313 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 30.1 | 31.4 |
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Housing units, 2011 | 119,431 | 8,119,364 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 70.3% | 54.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 28.7% | 50.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $314,500 | $301,000 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 107,151 | 7,215,687 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.59 | 2.59 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $32,353 | $31,796 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $71,125 | $56,951 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.2% | 14.5% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Dutchess County | New York |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2010 | 7,440 | 519,5041 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2010 | 96,409 | 7,266,1891 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change, 2000-2010 | 5.9 | -1.21 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2010 | 19,764 | 1,575,780 |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 26,974 | 1,956,733 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 5.1% | 10.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 10.1% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander-owned firms, percent, 2007 | F | 0.1% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 9.9% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 32.3% | 30.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 3,823,002 | 162,720,173 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 982,323 | 313,461,904 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 3,599,202 | 230,718,065 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $12,334 | $11,879 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 424,664 | 39,813,499 |
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Building permits, 2011 | 297 | 22,575 |