Nassau County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	1,307,805	67,927	5.20%	+/-0.7
AGE
Under 18 years	314,028	19,955	6.40%	+/-1.6		Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a county to view it's data.
Related children under 18 years	313,685	19,655	6.30%	+/-1.6
18 to 64 years	805,268	37,923	4.70%	+/-0.6
65 years and over	188,509	10,049	5.30%	+/-1.1
SEX
Male	634,526	30,514	4.80%	+/-0.8
Female	673,279	37,413	5.60%	+/-0.7		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	992,473	34,089	3.40%	+/-0.5
Black or African American	140,108	18,364	13.10%	+/-4.6
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	84,033	4,093	4.90%	+/-2.6
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	74,484	10,292	13.80%	+/-4.4
Two or more races	N	N	N	N
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	153,232	15,737	10.30%	+/-2.6
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	911,472	28,364	3.10%	+/-0.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	891,954	38,824	4.40%	+/-0.5
Less than high school graduate	86,816	10,767	12.40%	+/-2.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	239,614	14,681	6.10%	+/-1.2
Some college, associate's degree	209,054	7,344	3.50%	+/-0.8
Bachelor's degree or higher	356,470	6,032	1.70%	+/-0.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	652,098	16,453	2.50%	+/-0.4
Employed	627,155	14,168	2.30%	+/-0.4
Male	334,984	5,289	1.60%	+/-0.5
Female	292,171	8,879	3.00%	+/-0.6
Unemployed	24,943	2,285	9.20%	+/-3.3
Male	13,518	1,496	11.10%	+/-5.0
Female	11,425	789	6.90%	+/-3.1
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	1,032,520	50,357	4.90%	+/-0.6
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	424,008	3,301	0.80%	+/-0.4
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	279,899	17,242	6.20%	+/-1.0
Did not work	328,613	29,814	9.10%	+/-1.3
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	29,683	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	93,588	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	117,012	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	155,010	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	178,856	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	138,185	21,199	15.30%	+/-2.0
Male	56,242	9,117	16.20%	+/-3.7
Female	81,943	12,082	14.70%	+/-2.3
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	6,179	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	55,840	883	1.60%	+/-1.2
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	28,105	6,534	23.20%	+/-4.1
Did not work	54,240	13,782	25.40%	+/-3.6
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	28.60%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau