Rochester, New York Neighborhood Info

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Rochester, New York QuickFacts

	Rochester, New York	United States
Total population	219,773	281,421,906
State	New York
City	rochester

Rochester, New York Population

	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
Male	105,083	47.81%	49.06%
Female	114,690	52.19%	50.94%
Median age (years)	30.8		35.3

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	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
18 years and over	158,038	71.91%	74.31%
21 years and over	147,330	67.04%	69.97%
62 years and over	25,625	11.66%	14.66%
65 years and over	21,977	10.0%	12.43%

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	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
White	106,161	48.3%	75.14%
Black or African American	84,717	38.55%	12.32%
Asian	4,943	2.25%	3.64%
Some other race	15,589	7.09%	5.46%
Two or more races	8,363	3.81%	2.43%

Rochester, New York Housing

	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
Total households	88,999		105,480,101
Family households (families)	47,165	52.99%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	41,834	47.01%	31.94%

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	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
Total housing units	99,820		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	10,790	10.81%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	88,999	89.16%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	35,747	35.81%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	53,252	53.35%	30.77%

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	Rochester, New York	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	7,766	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	20,200	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	1,715	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	716	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	376	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	107	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	30	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	0	0.57%
Median (dollars)	61,300	119,600

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	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	25,165	28.28%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	27,190	30.55%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	12,483	14.03%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	10,605	11.92%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	6,299	7.08%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	7,261	8.16%	9.65%

Rochester, New York Education

	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	67,342		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	4,012	5.96%	6.47%
Kindergarten	3,452	5.13%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	30,982	46.01%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	12,182	18.09%	21.38%
College or graduate school	16,714	24.82%	22.81%

Rochester, New York Economy

	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
Population 16 years and over	163,495		217,168,077
In labor force	102,424	62.65%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	102,358	62.61%	63.39%
- - Employed	91,927	56.23%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	10,431	6.38%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	10.2		5.8
- Armed Forces	66	0.04%	0.53%
Not in labor force	61,071	37.35%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	87,508	53.52%	51.66%
In labor force	51,699	31.62%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	51,670	31.6%	29.65%
- - Employed	46,943	28.71%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	18,729	11.46%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	12,125		12,787,501

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	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	89,093		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	17,228	19.34%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	8,611	9.67%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	15,717	17.64%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	12,650	14.2%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	13,372	15.01%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	12,170	13.66%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	5,202	5.84%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	2,839	3.19%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	607	0.68%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	697	0.78%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	27,123		41,994

	Rochester, New York	%, Rochester, New York	United States
With earnings	67,270	41.14%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	39,667		56,604
With Social Security income	19,631	12.01%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,668		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	8,011	4.9%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,159		6,320
With public assistance income	12,127	7.42%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,774		3,032
With retirement income	12,421	7.6%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,202		17,376

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