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People MapStats |
Mount Vernon |
New York |
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Population, 2006 estimate |
68,395 | 19,306,183 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
Z | 1.7% |
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Population, net change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006 |
14 | 329,362 |
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Population, 2000 |
68,381 | 18,976,457 |
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Population under 5 years old, 2000 |
4,827 | 1,239,417 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
7.1% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, 2000 |
17,318 | 4,690,107 |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
25.3% | 24.7% |
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Population 65 years old and over, 2000 |
8,843 | 2,448,352 |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
12.9% | 12.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
54.9% | 51.8% |
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White persons, 2000 |
19,577 | 12,893,689 |
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Black or African American persons, 2000 |
40,743 | 3,014,385 |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, 2000 |
219 | 82,461 |
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Asian persons, 2000 |
1,448 | 1,044,976 |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander persons, 2000 |
43 | 8,818 |
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Persons reporting some other race, 2000 |
3,316 | 1,341,946 |
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Persons reporting two or more races, 2000 |
3,035 | 590,182 |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, 2000 |
7,083 | 2,867,583 |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
28.6% | 67.9% |
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Black persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
59.6% | 15.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.3% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
2.1% | 5.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 |
4.8% | 7.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
4.4% | 3.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b) |
10.4% | 15.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
59.4% | 61.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
29.1% | 20.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
23.3% | 28.0% |
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High school graduates, persons age 25+, 2000 |
34,002 | 3,480,768 |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
24.2% | 27.4% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
34.1 | 31.7 |
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Households, 2000 |
25,729 | 7,056,860 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.63 | 2.61 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
27,048 | 7,679,307 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
36.5% | 53.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$240,900 | $148,700 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$41,128 | $43,393 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$20,827 | $23,389 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
14.2% | 14.6% |
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Very low-income (VLI) owner households, 2000 |
1,938 | 522,704 |
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Very low-income (VLI) renter households, 2000 |
8,572 | 1,346,696 |
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VLI owner households, pct of total owner households, 2000 |
21.6% | 14.1% |
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VLI renter households, pct of total renter households, 2000 |
53.0% | 41.0% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of VLI owner households 2000 |
57.2% | 49.6% |
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Critical housing needs, pct of total VLI renter hhlds, 2000 |
51.7% | 56.9% |
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Serious crimes known to police, 2000 |
2,313 | 588,189 |
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Serious crimes known to police per 100,000 population, 2000 |
3,315 | 3,100 |
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Property crimes known to police, 2000 |
1,937 | 483,078 |
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Violent crimes known to police, 2000 |
376 | 105,111 |
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Business MapStats |
Mount Vernon |
New York |
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Total number of firms, 2002 |
5,396 | 1,707,168 |
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Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
30.4% | 7.6% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.7% |
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Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
28.3% | 29.6% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F | 0.2% |
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Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
6.7% | 8.5% |
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Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
6.2% | 9.6% |
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Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D | 343,663,041 |
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Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) |
350,206 | 178,067,530 |
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Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$5,102 | $9,291 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
22,740 | 27,835,952 |
City profiles were updated on August 7th, 2008.