Census Reporter

Nassau County, NY

1,355,683 Population
284.5 square miles 4,764.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,363 ±$616 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $40,898 ±$167
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$120,036 ±$1,590 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $71,117 ±$266
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

5.4% ±0.3% (72,203  ±3,872) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,581,048 (±0.1% / ±26,021)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

36.6 minutes ±0.3 (22,795,720  ±239,521) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.5 287,526,290 (±0.1 / ±1,046,958)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

449,967 ±1,437 Number of households
  • New York: 7,417,224 ±12,559
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
3 ±0 (1,336,372  ±936) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 18,945,673
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.8% ±0.3% (14,449  ±949) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.8% 225,143 (±0.1% / ±3,450)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

473,238 ±421 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,362,971 ±772
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$524,400 ±$3,628 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $325,000 ±$1,056
  • more than double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

6.9% ±0.3% (91,950  ±3,805.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,007,694 (±0.1% / ±15,289)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

91.6% ±0.7% (865,245  ±6,826.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,905,267 (±0.2% / ±28,296.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
46.7% ±0.5% (441,749  ±4,714.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 37.5% 5,112,792 (±0.1% / ±18,230.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

30.3% ±0.8% (388,056  ±10,741.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,623,805 (±0.2% / ±36,399.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

22.4% ±0.3% (303,618  ±4,543) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,372,167 (±0.1% / ±19,932)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

3.8% ±0.1% (40,381  ±1,370) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.4% 676,295 (±0% / ±5,258)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
40,381 Total veterans ±1,370 38,437 Male ±1,372 1,944 Female ±297

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