People QuickFacts	Hempstead	New York
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	52,526	19,306,183
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	-1.1%	1.7%
  	Population, 2000    	56,554	18,976,457
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000    	7.9%	6.5%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000    	26.2%	24.7%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000    	8.5%	12.9%
  	Female persons, percent, 2000    	52.2%	51.8% 			
  	White persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	25.7%	67.9%
  	Black persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	52.5%	15.9%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.5%	0.4%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)    	1.3%	5.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a)    	0.1%	Z
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000    	4.7%	3.1%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)    	31.8%	15.1% 			
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	55.1%	61.8%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	33.2%	20.4%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	37.4%	28.0%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	66.6%	79.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	16.0%	27.4%
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	32.4	31.7 			
  	Housing units, 2000    	15,579	7,679,307
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	43.2%	53.0%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$166,400	$148,700 			
  	Households, 2000    	15,188	7,056,860
  	Persons per household, 2000    	3.41	2.61
  	Median household income, 1999    	$45,234	$43,393
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$15,735	$23,389
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 1999    	17.7%	14.6%

   	Business QuickFacts	Hempstead	New York
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	181,699	343,663,041
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	819,498	178,067,530
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$15,390	$9,291
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	38,373	27,835,952
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	3,589	1,707,168
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	21.7%	7.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.7%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	6.3%	8.5%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	20.3%	9.6%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	F	0.2%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	30.8%	29.6% 			

   	Geography QuickFacts	Hempstead	New York
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	3	47,213
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	15,367.9	401.9
  	FIPS Code    	33139	36
 	Counties    	Nassau County
 	

(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.
(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories.

FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data
NA: Not available
D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information
X: Not applicable
S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards
Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown
F: Fewer than 100 firms

Source: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts