Characteristics Examined

Hempstead

Westchester County

New York

POPULATION:

Population, 2004 estimate

53,162

942,444

19,190,115

Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003

35

18,985

213,294

Population, 2000

56,554

923,459

18,976,457

Persons under 18 years old, 2000

26.2%=14,845

230,797

24.7%=4,690,107

Population 65 years old and over, 2000

4,801

128,964

2,448,352

Female persons, percent, 2000

52.2%

52.2%

51.8%

RACE:

White persons, 2000

25.7% =14,515

71.3%=658,858

67.9%=12,893,689

Black or African American persons, 2000

52.5%=29,678

14.2%=131,132

15.9%=3,014,385

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000

0.5%=298

0.3%=2,343

0.4%=82,461

Asian persons, 2000

1.3%=745

4.5%=41,367

5.5%=1,044,976

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000

0.1%=33

Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown =371

Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown =8,818

Persons reporting some other race, 2000

15.2%=8,605

6.6%=61,227

7.1%=1,341,946

Persons reporting two or more races, 2000

4.7%=2,680

3.0%=28,161

3.1%=590,182

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000

31.8%=17,991

15.6%=144,124

15.1%=2,867,583

ETHNICITY:

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000

33.2%

22.2%

20.4%

Language other than English spoken at home, 2000

37.4%

28.4%

28.0%

EDUCATION:

High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000

21,540

83.6%

3,480,768

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000

16.0%

40.9%

27.4%

TRAVEL TIME:

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000

32.4

32.7

31.7

HOUSING:

Households, 2000

15,188

337,142

7,056,860

Homeownership rate, 2000

43.2%

60.1%

53.0%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000

$166,400

$325,800

$148,700

INCOME:

Median household income, 1999

$45,234

$63,582

$43,393

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

17.7%

8.8%

14.6%

Renter households,  2000 (preliminary)

55.4%

Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown=Z

41.0%