| | People QuickFacts | Troy | New York |
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Population, 2011 estimate | 50,120 | 19,501,616 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base | 50,129 | 19,378,104 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 | Z | 0.6% |
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Population, 2010 | 50,129 | 19,378,102 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2010 | 6.4% | 6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2010 | 20.2% | 22.3% |
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Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2010 | 10.9% | 13.5% |
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Female persons, percent, 2010 | 49.5% | 51.6% |
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White persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 72.9% | 65.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 16.4% | 15.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 0.3% | 0.6% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2010 (a) | 3.4% | 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 | 4.1% | 3.0% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2010 (b) | 7.9% | 17.6% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2010 | 69.7% | 58.3% |
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Living in same house 1 year & over, percent, 2007-2011 | 76.8% | 88.5% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2007-2011 | 9.1% | 21.8% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, percent age 5+, 2007-2011 | 11.9% | 29.5% |
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High school graduate or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 83.3% | 84.6% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, percent of persons age 25+, 2007-2011 | 22.8% | 32.5% |
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Veterans, 2007-2011 | 3,060 | 986,313 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2007-2011 | 20.2 | 31.4 |
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Housing units, 2010 | 23,474 | 8,108,103 |
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Homeownership rate, 2007-2011 | 40.3% | 54.8% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2007-2011 | 69.3% | 50.5% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2007-2011 | $143,000 | $301,000 |
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Households, 2007-2011 | 20,013 | 7,215,687 |
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Persons per household, 2007-2011 | 2.28 | 2.59 |
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Per capita money income in the past 12 months (2011 dollars), 2007-2011 | $21,663 | $31,796 |
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Median household income, 2007-2011 | $36,514 | $56,951 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2007-2011 | 26.3% | 14.5% |
| | Business QuickFacts | Troy | New York |
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Total number of firms, 2007 | 3,024 | 1,956,733 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2007 | 7.4% | 10.4% |
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American Indian- and Alaska Native-owned firms, percent, 2007 | S | 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) | 103,556 | 162,720,173 |
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Merchant wholesaler sales, 2007 ($1000) | 908,646 | 313,461,904 |
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Retail sales, 2007 ($1000) | 380,077 | 230,718,065 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2007 | $7,973 | $11,879 |
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Accommodation and food services sales, 2007 ($1000) | 66,788 | 39,813,499 |