| | People QuickFacts | Rochester | New York |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 210,855 | 19,501,616 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 210,565 | 19,378,104 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | 0.1% | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 210,565 | 19,378,102 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 7.5% | 6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 24.8% | 22.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 9.0% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 51.7% | 51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 43.7% | 65.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 41.7% | 15.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.5% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.1% | 7.3% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2010 (a) | Z | 0.0% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2010 | 4.4% | 3.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 16.4% | 17.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 37.6% | 58.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 76.2% | 88.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 8.6% | 21.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 18.0% | 29.5% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 78.5% | 84.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 24.3% | 32.5% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 9,569 | 986,313 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 18.6 | 31.4 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 97,158 | 8,108,103 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 40.6% | 54.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 51.0% | 50.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $74,000 | $301,000 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 86,009 | 7,215,687 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.34 | 2.59 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $18,267 | $31,796 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $30,367 | $56,951 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 31.1% | 14.5% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Rochester | New York |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 13,019 | 1,956,733 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 20.2% | 10.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 0.3% | 0.7% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 3.4% | 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 | 5.5% | 9.9% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 33.7% | 30.4% |
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Manufacturers shipments, 2007 ($1000) | 9,084,280 | 162,720,173 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,647,890 | 313,461,904 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 1,181,714 | 230,718,065 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $5,696 | $11,879 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 323,960 | 39,813,499 |