|
People QuickFacts |
Nassau County |
New York |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Population, 2011 estimate |
1,344,436 | 19,465,197 | |
| Population, 2010 (April 1) estimates base |
1,339,532 | 19,378,104 | |
| Population, percent change, April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2011 |
0.4% | 0.4% | |
| Population, 2010 |
1,339,532 | 19,378,102 | |
| Persons under 5 years, percent, 2011 |
5.5% | 6.0% | |
| Persons under 18 years, percent, 2011 |
22.8% | 22.0% | |
| Persons 65 years and over, percent, 2011 |
15.4% | 13.7% | |
| Female persons, percent, 2011 |
51.6% | 51.5% | |
| White persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
77.7% | 71.5% | |
| Black persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
12.0% | 17.5% | |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
0.5% | 1.0% | |
| Asian persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
8.2% | 7.8% | |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, percent, 2011 (a) |
0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2011 |
1.6% | 2.2% | |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino Origin, percent, 2011 (b) |
15.0% | 18.0% | |
| White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2011 |
64.8% | 58.0% | |
| Living in same house 1 year & over, 2006-2010 |
92.8% | 88.3% | |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2006-2010 |
20.7% | 21.7% | |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2006-2010 |
27.3% | 29.2% | |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
89.7% | 84.4% | |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2006-2010 |
40.9% | 32.1% | |
| Veterans, 2006-2010 |
70,768 | 1,025,496 | |
| Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2006-2010 |
33.3 | 31.3 | |
| Housing units, 2010 |
468,346 | 8,108,103 | |
| Homeownership rate, 2006-2010 |
82.1% | 55.2% | |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2006-2010 |
20.9% | 50.6% | |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2006-2010 |
$487,900 | $303,900 | |
| Households, 2006-2010 |
442,833 | 7,205,740 | |
| Persons per household, 2006-2010 |
2.95 | 2.59 | |
| Per capita money income in past 12 months (2010 dollars) 2006-2010 |
$41,387 | $30,948 | |
| Median household income 2006-2010 |
$93,613 | $55,603 | |
| Persons below poverty level, percent, 2006-2010 |
5.0% | 14.2% | |




