Suffolk County, New York Demographics

Suffolk County is 13th out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Suffolk County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Retail sales

Suffolk County is 17th out of 3,143 other counties in Total businesses (including small businesses)

Suffolk County is 24th out of 3,143 other counties in Current population (2012)

Suffolk County is 26th out of 3,143 other counties in Income per household

Suffolk County is 27th out of 3,143 other counties in Housing units

Suffolk County is 28th out of 3,143 other counties in Households

Suffolk County is 31st out of 3,143 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Suffolk County is 43rd out of 3,143 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Suffolk County is 2nd in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private employees

Suffolk County is 3rd in New York out of 62 other counties in Income per household

Suffolk County is 3rd in New York out of 62 other counties in Non-farm private establishments

Suffolk County is 3rd in New York out of 62 other counties in People per household

Suffolk County is 3rd in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail accommodation and food service sales

Suffolk County is 3rd in New York out of 62 other counties in Retail sales

Suffolk County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Current population (2012)

Suffolk County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Home ownership rate

Suffolk County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Households

Suffolk County is 4th in New York out of 62 other counties in Housing units

Size Demographics
	Suffolk County	Rank	New York	US
Current population (2012)	1,499,273	4th	19,570,261	313,914,040
Size in square miles	912.0	20th	47,126.4	3,531,905.4
Population density (people per sqmi)	1,637.4	9th	411.2	87.4

Age Demographics
	Suffolk County	Rank	New York	US
Residents younger than 5	5.6%	20th	6.0%	6.4%
Residents younger than 18	23.1%	9th	21.8%	23.5%
Residents 65 or older	14.5%	44th	14.1%	13.7%

Education Demographics
	Suffolk County	Rank	New York	US
Residents with high school diploma (older than 25)	89.5%	12th	84.6%	85.4%
Residents with college degree (older than 25)	32.4%	11th	32.5%	28.2%

Race Demographics
	Suffolk County	Rank	New York	US
Race - White	85.8%	44th	71.2%	77.9%
Race - Black or African American	8.2%	17th	17.5%	13.1%
Race - American Indian or Alaska Native	0.6%	19th	1.0%	1.2%
Race - Asian	3.7%	13th	8.0%	5.1%
Race - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0.1%	7th	0.1%	0.2%
Race - Two or More	1.7%	32nd	2.2%	2.4%
Race - Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	8th	18.2%	16.9%
Race - White, not Hispanic or Latino	70.6%	53rd	57.6%	63.0%

Misc People Demographics
	Suffolk County	Rank	New York	US
Female residents	50.8%	24th	51.5%	50.8%
Foreign born residents	14.2%	9th	21.8%	12.8%

Housing Demographics
	Suffolk County	Rank	New York	US
Housing units	572,995	4th	8,119,364	132,312,404
Units inside multi-unit buildings	14.0%	54th	50.5%	25.9%
Households	496,677	4th	7,215,687	114,761,359
Home ownership rate	80.8%	4th	54.8%	66.1%
Home median value	$411,000	8th	$301,000	$186,200
People per household	2.9	3rd	2.6	2.6
Building permits (last year)	1,061	7th	24,872	829,658

Income Demographics
	Suffolk County	Rank	New York	US
Income per capita	$36,588	5th	$31,796	$27,915
Income per household	$87,187	3rd	$56,951	$52,762
Income below poverty line	5.7%	60th	14.5%	14.3%

Business Demographics
	Suffolk County	Rank	New York	US
Non-farm private establishments	47,668	3rd	521,537	7,354,043
Non-farm private employees	538,635	2nd	7,369,731	113,425,965
Total businesses (including small businesses)	159,640	5th	1,956,733	27,092,908
Retail sales	$23,319,943	3rd	$230,718,065	$3,917,663,456
Retail sales per capita	$15,426	8th	$11,879	$12,990
Retail accommodation and food service sales	$2,376,382	3rd	$39,813,499	$613,795,732