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People QuickFacts |
Nassau County |
New York |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
1,351,625 | 19,490,297 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
1.3% | 2.7% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
1,334,542 | 18,976,816 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
5.6% | 6.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
23.1% | 22.9% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
14.9% | 13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
51.4% | 51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
80.4% | 73.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
11.3% | 17.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.2% | 0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
6.8% | 6.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
1.2% | 1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
12.4% | 16.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
69.0% | 60.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
69.9% | 61.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
17.9% | 20.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
23.2% | 28.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
86.7% | 79.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
35.4% | 27.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
196,086 | 3,606,147 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
34.3 | 31.7 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
458,556 | 7,939,846 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
80.3% | 53.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
19.7% | 50.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$242,300 | $148,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
447,387 | 7,056,860 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.93 | 2.61 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$89,360 | $53,448 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$32,151 | $23,389 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
4.7% | 13.8% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Nassau County |
New York |
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Private nonfarm establishments, 2006 |
48,489 | 515,9501 |
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Private nonfarm employment, 2006 |
552,149 | 7,532,7641 |
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Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2006 |
-1.8% | 2.4%1 |
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Nonemployer establishments, 2006 |
123,303 | 1,473,564 |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
152,395 | 1,707,168 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
4.4% | 7.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
0.3% | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
6.7% | 8.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.2% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
6.0% | 9.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
24.9% | 29.6% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
8,449,363 | 147,317,463 |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 343,663,041 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
19,647,827 | 178,067,530 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$14,668 | $9,298 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
1,965,422 | 27,835,952 |
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Building permits, 2007 |
822 | 54,059 |
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Federal spending, 2007 ($1000) |
9,283,697 | 157,789,4191 |
