Quick Facts
| Putnam County Quick
Facts |
County |
State of N.Y. |
| Population, 2006
estimate |
100,603 |
19,306,183 |
| Population, percent change, April 1,
2000 to July 1, 2006 |
5.0% |
1.7% |
| Population, 2000 |
95,745 |
18,976,457 |
| Persons under 5 years old, percent,
2005 |
5.8% |
6.5% |
| Persons under 18 years
old, percent, 2005 |
24.5% |
23.6% |
| Persons 65 years old and over, percent,
2005 |
10.2% |
13.1% |
| Female persons,
percent, 2005 |
49.8% |
51.6% |
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| White persons,
percent, 2005 (a) |
94.4% |
73.8% |
| Black persons, percent, 2005 (a) |
2.6% |
17.4% |
| American Indian and
Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) |
0.2% |
0.5% |
| Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) |
1.9% |
6.7% |
| Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) |
0.0% |
0.1% |
| Persons reporting two or more races,
percent, 2005 |
0.9% |
1.5% |
| Persons of Hispanic or
Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) |
9.2% |
16.1% |
| White persons not Hispanic, percent,
2005 |
86.0% |
60.9% |
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| Living in same house
in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
64.3% |
61.8% |
| Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
8.8% |
20.4% |
| Language other than
English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
13.2% |
28.0% |
| High school graduates, percent of
persons age 25+, 2000 |
90.2% |
79.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or
higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
33.9% |
27.4% |
| Persons with a disability, age 5+,
2000 |
12,859 |
3,606,147 |
| Mean travel time to
work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
38.4 |
31.7 |
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| Housing units,
2005 |
36,379 |
7,853,020 |
| Homeownership rate, 2000 |
82.2% |
53.0% |
| Housing units in
multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
13.3% |
50.6% |
| Median value of owner-occupied housing
units, 2000 |
$206,900 |
$148,700 |
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| Households, 2000 |
32,703 |
7,056,860 |
| Persons per household, 2000 |
2.86 |
2.61 |
| Median household
income, 2004 |
$75,514 |
$45,343 |
| Per capita money income, 1999 |
$30,127 |
$23,389 |
| Persons below poverty,
percent, 2004 |
4.5% |
14.5% |
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Putnam |
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| Business QuickFacts |
County |
New York |
| Private nonfarm
establishments, 2004 |
2,911 |
511,440 |
| Private nonfarm employment, 2004 |
21,591 |
7,433,686 |
| Private nonfarm
employment, percent change 2000-2004 |
13.1% |
1.1% |
| Nonemployer establishments, 2004 |
8,819 |
1,410,301 |
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| Total number of firms,
2002 |
10,777 |
1,707,168 |
| Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S |
7.6% |
| American Indian and
Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F |
0.7% |
| Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S |
8.5% |
| Native Hawaiian and
Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 |
F |
0.2% |
| Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 |
S |
9.6% |
| Women-owned firms,
percent, 2002 |
28.0% |
29.6% |
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| Manufacturers
shipments, 2002 ($1000) |
379,982 |
147,317,463 |
| Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) |
D |
343,663,041 |
| Retail sales, 2002
($1000) |
690,307 |
178,067,530 |
| Retail sales per capita, 2002 |
$6,994 |
$9,298 |
| Accommodation and
foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) |
60,554 |
27,835,952 |
| Building permits, 2005 |
141 |
61,949 |
| Federal spending, 2004
($1000) |
343,627 |
143,902,576 |
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Putnam |
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| Geography QuickFacts |
County |
New York |
| Land area, 2000
(square miles) |
231.28 |
47,213.79 |
| Persons per square mile, 2000 |
414.5 |
401.9 |
| FIPS Code |
79 |
36 |
| Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical
Area |
New York-Northern New Jersey- |
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Long Island, NY-NY-PA Metro Area |
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| (a) Includes persons reporting only one
race. |
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| (b) Hispanics may be of any
race, so also are included in applicable race
categories. |
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| NA: Not available |
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| D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of
confidential information |
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| S: Suppressed; does not meet publication
standards |
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| F: Fewer than 100 firms |
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| Source: US Census Bureau State & County
QuickFacts |
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