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People QuickFacts |
New York County |
New York |
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Population, 2008 estimate |
1,634,795 |
19,490,297 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2008 |
6.3% |
2.7% |
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Population estimates base (April 1) 2000 |
1,537,372 |
18,976,816 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2007 |
6.0% |
6.2% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2007 |
16.9% |
22.9% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2007 |
12.6% |
13.2% |
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Female persons, percent, 2007 |
52.2% |
51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
67.0% |
73.6% |
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Black persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
19.0% |
17.3% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.6% |
0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2007 (a) |
11.1% |
6.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2007 (a) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2007 |
2.1% |
1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2007 (b) |
24.7% |
16.4% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2007 |
49.1% |
60.3% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
56.9% |
61.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
29.4% |
20.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
41.9% |
28.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
78.7% |
79.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
49.4% |
27.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 |
303,208 |
3,606,147 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
30.5 |
31.7 |
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Housing units, 2007 |
844,343 |
7,939,846 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
20.1% |
53.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 |
99.1% |
50.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$1,000,001 |
$148,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
738,644 |
7,056,860 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.00 |
2.61 |
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Median household income, 2007 |
$63,704 |
$53,448 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$42,922 |
$23,389 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2007 |
17.7% |
13.8% |
