SUFFOLK
COUNTY POPULATION
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People QuickFacts |
Suffolk County |
New York |
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Population, 2011 estimate
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1,498,816 |
19,465,197 |
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Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base
|
1,493,350 |
19,378,104 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011
|
0.4% |
0.4% |
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Population, 2010
|
1,493,350 |
19,378,102 |
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Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011
|
5.6% |
6.0% |
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Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011
|
23.5% |
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
|
50.8% |
51.5% |
|
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White persons, percent, 2011 (a)
|
85.9% |
71.5% |
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Black persons, percent, 2011 (a)
|
8.1% |
17.5% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a)
|
0.6% |
1.0% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a)
|
3.6% |
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
|
1.7% |
2.2% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b)
|
17.0% |
18.0% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011
|
71.0% |
58.0% |
|
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Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010
|
92.2% |
88.3% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010
|
14.0% |
21.7% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010
|
19.8% |
29.2% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010
|
89.4% |
84.4% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010
|
31.9% |
32.1% |
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Veterans, 2006-2010
|
93,310 |
1,025,496 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010
|
30.2 |
31.3 |
|
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Housing units, 2010
|
569,985 |
8,108,103 |
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Homeownership rate, 2006-2010
|
81.4% |
55.2% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010
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14.3% |
50.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010
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$424,200 |
$303,900 |
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Households, 2006-2010
|
495,289 |
7,205,740 |
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Persons per household, 2006-2010
|
2.93 |
2.59 |
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Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010
|
$35,755 |
$30,948 |
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Median household income 2006-2010
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$84,506 |
$55,603 |
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Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010
|
5.7% |
14.2% |
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