Suffolk County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	1,440,941	69,299	4.80%	+/-0.6
AGE
Under 18 years	365,414	19,785	5.40%	+/-1.1		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	364,155	18,573	5.10%	+/-1.1
18 to 64 years	905,051	38,183	4.20%	+/-0.4
65 years and over	170,476	11,331	6.60%	+/-1.5
SEX
Male	710,793	30,661	4.30%	+/-0.7
Female	730,148	38,638	5.30%	+/-0.6		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	1,214,490	55,352	4.60%	+/-0.6
Black or African American	99,039	5,453	5.50%	+/-2.0
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	N	N	N	N
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	53,714	3,945	7.30%	+/-3.5
Two or more races	N	N	N	N
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	182,126	14,773	8.10%	+/-2.1
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	1,094,448	44,822	4.10%	+/-0.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	963,831	41,582	4.30%	+/-0.5
Less than high school graduate	97,670	10,577	10.80%	+/-2.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	304,136	14,687	4.80%	+/-0.7
Some college, associate's degree	259,217	10,056	3.90%	+/-0.8
Bachelor's degree or higher	302,808	6,262	2.10%	+/-0.4
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	742,489	15,780	2.10%	+/-0.3
Employed	706,917	12,489	1.80%	+/-0.3
Male	384,364	6,252	1.60%	+/-0.4
Female	322,553	6,237	1.90%	+/-0.3
Unemployed	35,572	3,291	9.30%	+/-2.9
Male	19,067	1,549	8.10%	+/-3.7
Female	16,505	1,742	10.60%	+/-4.4
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	1,116,099	51,356	4.60%	+/-0.5
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	478,669	3,421	0.70%	+/-0.2
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	313,708	13,052	4.20%	+/-0.6
Did not work	323,722	34,883	10.80%	+/-1.2
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	33,407	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	95,970	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	123,839	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	178,395	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	198,925	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	177,263	26,195	14.80%	+/-1.7
Male	81,161	11,239	13.80%	+/-2.5
Female	96,102	14,956	15.60%	+/-2.0
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,675	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	76,612	826	1.10%	+/-0.5
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	37,641	6,526	17.30%	+/-3.7
Did not work	63,010	18,843	29.90%	+/-3.3
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	30.70%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau