| Population QuickFacts |
County |
NY State |
| Population, 2001 estimate |
81,401 | 19,011,378 |
| Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001 |
-0.7% | 0.2% |
| Population, 2000 |
81,963 | 18,976,457 |
| Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
-0.4% | 5.5% |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
5.9% | 6.5% |
| Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.1% | 24.7% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
14.4% | 12.9% |
| Female persons, percent, 2000 |
49.5% | 51.8% |
|
| White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
93.3% | 67.9% |
| Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
4.0% | 15.9% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% | 0.4% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.4% | 5.5% |
| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
Z | Z |
| Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.9% | 7.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
1.0% | 3.1% |
| Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
2.0% | 15.1% |
| White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
92.4% | 62.0% |
|
| Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct age 5+, 2000 |
64.6% | 61.8% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
2.3% | 20.4% |
| Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
5.5% | 28.0% |
| High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
79.1% | 79.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
15.5% | 27.4% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
14,336 | 3,606,147 |
| Mean travel time to work, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000 |
22.0 | 31.7 |
|
| Housing units, 2000 |
35,477 | 7,679,307 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
72.1% | 53.0% |
| Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
22.5% | 50.6% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$75,300 | $148,700 |
|
| Households, 2000 |
30,558 | 7,056,860 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.53 | 2.61 |
| Median household money income, 1999 |
$37,487 | $43,393 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$18,003 | $23,389 |
| Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
11.1% | 14.6% |
| Business QuickFacts |
County |
NY State |
| Private nonfarm establishments, 1999 |
1,546 | 485,954 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 1999 |
18,864 | 7,135,960 |
| Private nonfarm employment, percent change 1990-1999 |
1.0% | 0.9% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 1999 |
3,666 | 1,168,595 |
| Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000) |
618,577 | 146,720,195 |
| Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
516,840 | 139,303,944 |
| Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$6,271 | $7,678 |
| Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
F | 19.6% |
| Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
28.9% | 26.1% |
| Housing units authorized by building permits, 2000 |
148 | 44,105 |
| Federal funds and grants, 2001 ($1000) |
372,245 | 116,366,112 |
| Local government employment - full-time equivalent, 1997 |
3,174 | 860,168 |