Richmond County, New York Demographics

Richmond County is 11th out of 3,143 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Richmond County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Home median value

Richmond County is 45th out of 3,143 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Richmond County is 5th in New York out of 62 other counties in Population density (people per sqmi)

Richmond County is 6th in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per household

Richmond County is 6th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Asian

Richmond County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Foreign born residents

Richmond County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Home median value

Richmond County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in People per household

Richmond County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Race - Hispanic or Latino

Richmond County is 7th in New York out of 62 other counties in Units inside multi-unit buildings

Richmond County is 9th in New York out of 62 other counties in Female residents

Richmond County is 10th in New York out of 62 other counties in Current population (2012)

Size Demographics
	Richmond County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	470,728	10th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	58.4	60th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	8,030.3	5th	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Richmond County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.9%	11th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	22.7%	12th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	13.7%	55th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Richmond County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	87.4%	34th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	28.9%	18th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Richmond County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	77.9%	55th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	11.6%	11th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	17th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	7.9%	6th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	20th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.8%	24th	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.7%	7th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	63.6%	57th	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Richmond County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	51.6%	9th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	20.9%	7th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Richmond County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	176,819	11th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	40.9%	7th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	163,747	11th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	69.8%	39th	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$456,100	7th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.8	7th	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	673	11th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Richmond County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$31,276	11th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$72,752	6th	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	11.0%	47th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Richmond County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	8,604	14th	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	91,590	15th	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	37,844	10th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$3,850,133	15th	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$7,974	52nd	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$401,558	16th	$39,813,499	$613,795,732