Orange County, New York Census Data

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

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Orange County, New York

People QuickFactsOrange CountyNew York
Population, 2005 estimate 372,89319,254,630
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 9.2%1.5%
Population, 2000 341,36718,976,457
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 6.8%6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 27.1%23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 9.9%13.1%
Female persons, percent, 2005 49.7%51.6%
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)85.5%73.8%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)10.2%17.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)0.4%0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)2.2%6.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.1%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 1.6%1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)14.9%16.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 72.4%60.9%
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 58.9%61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 8.4%20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 18.2%28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 81.8%79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 22.5%27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 56,7053,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 32.531.7
Housing units, 2005 131,4367,853,020
Homeownership rate, 2000 67.0%53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 28.2%50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $144,500$148,700
Households, 2000 114,7887,056,860
Persons per household, 2000 2.852.61
Median household income, 2003 $53,139$44,139
Per capita money income, 1999 $21,597$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 10.5%14.3%
Business QuickFactsOrange CountyNew York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 8,868511,4401
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 103,4207,433,6861
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 10.1%1.1%1
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 21,7031,410,301
Total number of firms, 2002 27,0441,707,168
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 4.5%7.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 1.8%8.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 NA0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 5.1%9.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 28.1%29.6%
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 1,929,488147,317,463
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) 6,766,015343,663,041
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 4,035,561178,067,530
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $11,323$9,298
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 352,40827,835,952
Building permits, 2005 1,83061,949
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) 1,913,361143,902,5761
Geography QuickFactsOrange CountyNew York
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 81647,213
Persons per square mile, 2000 418.3401.9
FIPS Code 07136
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Metro Area

1: Includes data not distributed by county.


(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms


Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report
Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:05:38 EST
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