Census Reporter

Nassau County, NY

1,356,924 Population
284.6 square miles 4,767.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.9 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$53,405 ±$993 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$118,453 ±$2,877 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

5.4% ±0.6% (71,563  ±7,688) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

37 minutes ±0.6 (24,128,120  ±496,727) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

449,798 ±2,410 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
3 ±0 (1,338,530  ±2,134) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

5.3% ±0.7% (15,892  ±2,053) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

474,127 ±718 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$561,400 ±$7,687 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

7% ±0.6% (93,964  ±7,751) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about half the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

91.9% ±1.5% (872,261  ±14,037.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
47.2% ±1% (448,170  ±9,036.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

30.3% ±0.8% (388,056  ±10,741.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • 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)

23.3% ±0.6% (315,496  ±8,492) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

3.8% ±0.3% (40,767  ±3,045) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.3% 655,055 (±0.1% / ±10,056)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
40,767 Total veterans ±3,045 38,493 Male ±2,961 2,274 Female ±890

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