Nassau County, New York Demographics

Nassau County is 12th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Nassau County is 14th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Nassau County is 14th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Nassau County is 15th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Nassau County is 20th out of 3,143 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Nassau County is 28th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Nassau County is 30th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per capita

Nassau County is 32nd out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Nassau County is 33rd out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Nassau County is 34th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Nassau County is 1st in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per household

Nassau County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in People per household

Nassau County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Nassau County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail sales

Nassau County is 3rd in New York out of 62 other counties in Home ownership rate

Nassau County is 3rd in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per capita

Nassau County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Home median value

Nassau County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Nassau County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Nassau County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Residents with college degree (older than 25)

Size Demographics
	Nassau County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	1,349,233	6th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	284.7	54th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	4,704.8	6th	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Nassau County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.4%	28th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.5%	15th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	15.8%	32nd	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Nassau County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.9%	10th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	41.2%	4th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Nassau County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	77.3%	57th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	12.2%	10th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.5%	24th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	8.4%	5th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	15th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.6%	36th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	15.3%	10th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	64.1%	56th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Nassau County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	51.5%	11th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	20.9%	8th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Nassau County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	468,593	6th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	21.1%	31st	50.5%	25.9%
Households	443,315	6th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	81.8%	3rd	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$478,600	4th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	3.0	2nd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	651	12th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Nassau County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$42,307	3rd	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$95,823	1st	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.2%	62nd	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Nassau County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	47,048	4th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	513,505	4th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	167,931	4th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$24,312,618	2nd	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$17,969	6th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,439,350	2nd	$39,813,499	$613,795,732