Monroe County, New York Demographics

Monroe County is 5th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Black or African American

Monroe County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Female residents

Monroe County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Building permits (last year)

Monroe County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Monroe County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Monroe County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Monroe County is 8th in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail sales

Monroe County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Current population (2012)

Monroe County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Households

Monroe County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	747,813	9th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	657.2	30th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,132.6	10th	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.7%	19th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	21.8%	24th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.7%	41st	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	88.6%	21st	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	35.3%	9th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	77.9%	56th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	16.0%	5th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.4%	31st	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.4%	15th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	18th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	2.3%	15th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	16th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	72.4%	52nd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	51.7%	7th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	8.3%	17th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	321,813	9th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	30.9%	17th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	293,104	9th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	66.0%	51st	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$132,800	29th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.4	27th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,052	8th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$27,712	20th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$52,260	24th	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	14.4%	23rd	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Monroe County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	17,144	8th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	336,504	8th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	54,820	9th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$8,496,065	8th	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$11,628	26th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$1,061,299	8th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732