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Nassau County, NY

1,390,907 Population
284.5 square miles 4,888.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$54,939 ±$1,236 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$125,696 ±$2,539 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

5.8% ±0.7% (79,426  ±9,074) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

33.4 minutes ±0.6 (18,162,736  ±487,567) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

459,452 ±2,941 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
3 ±0 (1,371,243  ±2,618) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.9% ±0.8% (14,975  ±2,315) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

478,170 ±879 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$619,800 ±$6,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

7.1% ±0.5% (97,891  ±7,429) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

92.4% ±1.5% (901,831  ±14,261.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
49.7% ±1% (484,829  ±9,619.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

28.9% ±0.9% (380,667  ±11,877.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 30% 5,620,470 (±0.2% / ±44,697.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

22.3% ±0.6% (310,192  ±8,723) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

2.9% ±0.2% (32,121  ±2,375) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
32,121 Total veterans ±2,375 30,181 Male ±2,293 1,940 Female ±594

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