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Monroe County, NY

748,482 Population
656.9 square miles 1,139.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$41,206 ±$1,022 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$73,211 ±$2,595 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13.2% ±1% (95,393  ±7,552) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

20.2 minutes ±0.4 (6,364,275  ±199,668) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

317,369 ±3,133 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.3 ±0 (720,273  ±1,025) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.1% ±0.9% (7,119  ±1,547) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

340,285 ±486 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$217,300 ±$4,341 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

14.1% ±1% (104,556  ±7,332.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92.1% ±2.1% (483,914  ±10,753.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
41.5% ±1.3% (217,881  ±6,773.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

12% ±0.8% (85,320  ±5,379.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 31% 5,738,521 (±0.3% / ±53,509.4)
  • about half the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

7.4% (55,658  ±4,495) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

4.7% ±0.4% (27,840  ±2,596) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
27,840 Total veterans ±2,596 25,813 Male ±2,402 2,027 Female ±698

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