Demographics

The following demographics are compliments of Rochester on City-Data.com, a great resource data at each level of government: state, county, city etc.

City of Rochester has 219,773 people.

• Household Race Breakdown:
  

• White Non-Hispanic (44.3%)
  

• Black (38.5%)
  

• Hispanic (12.8%)
  

• Other race (6.6%)
  

• Two or more races (3.8%)
  

• American Indian (1.3%)
  

• Other Asian (0.6%)
  

• Vietnamese (0.6%)

• Median resident age: 30.8 years.

• Median household income: $27,123

• Median house value: $61,300

• Crime in Rochester (2002):
  

• 42 murders (18.9 per 100,000)
  

• 107 rapes (48.2 per 100,000)
  

• 972 robberies (438.1 per 100,000)
  

• 665 assaults (299.7 per 100,000)
  

• 2,467 burglaries (1111.9 per 100,000)
  

• 9,853 larceny counts (4440.9 per 100,000)
  

• 2,805 auto thefts (1264.2 per 100,000)
  

• City-data.com crime index = 591.8 (higher means more crime, US average = 330.6)