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Babylon, NY - History
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Welcome to the Babylon Home page. The Babylon Home page provides as much information as possible on Babylon. Knowing Babylon’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Babylon’s Home page, you will also find Babylon’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Babylon has a population of 211021. 48.7% of Babylon’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.3 are female. 47.5% of Babylon is married and 78.1% own their own home. The Average Home price is $375,085, and the average rent is $1,749. Household median income in Babylon is $100,580, and the individual median income is $40,010. Babylon’s Ethnic is the following: White(65.8%), Hispanic(21.5%), Black(17.3%), Other(7.9%), Multiple(5.2%), Asian(3.2%), Native(0.5%).
As of the census of 2000, there were 211,792 people, 69,048 households, and 52,407 families residing in the town. The population density was 4,050.0 people per square mile (1,563.8/km2). There were 71,186 housing units at an average density of 1,361.3 per square mile (525.6/km2). The racial makeup of the town was 76.34% White, 15.65% Black or African American, 0.27% Native American, 1.89% Asian, 0.03% Pacific Islander, 3.36% from other races, and 2.47% from two or more races.
10.05% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 69,048 households, out of which 35.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.6% were married couples living together, 13.7% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.1% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The average household size was 3.03 and the average family size was 3.45. In the town, the population was spread out, with 26.0% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 32.4% from 25 to 44, 21.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males.
For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.3 males. The median income for a household in the town was $60,064, and the median income for a family was $66,261. Males had a median income of $45,160 versus $32,062 for females. The per capita income for the town was $22,844. 6.7% of the population and 4.6% of families were below the poverty line.
Out of the total population, 7.4% of those under the age of 18 and 7.4% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line.
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