Bronx County Facts

Census Statistics

	Bronx County	New York
Population, 2003 estimate	1,363,198	19,190,115
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	2.3%	1.1%
Population, 2000	1,332,650	18,976,457
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	10.7%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	8.2%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	29.8%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	10.1%	12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	53.5%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	29.9%	67.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	35.6%	15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.9%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	3.0%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	24.7%	7.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	5.8%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	48.4%	15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	14.5%	62.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	60.5%	61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	29.0%	20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	52.7%	28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	62.3%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	14.6%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	340,121	3,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	43.0	31.7?
Housing units, 2002	493,139	7,754,508
Homeownership rate, 2000	19.6%	53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	88.7%	50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$190,400	$148,700?
Households, 2000	463,212	7,056,860
Persons per household, 2000	2.78	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$27,611	$43,393
Per capita money income, 1999	$13,959	$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	30.7%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	14,209	493,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	206,920	7,428,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	0.3%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	64,152	1,202,943
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	1,252,335	146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	3,434,878	139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$2,884	$7,678
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	47.0%	19.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	27.6%	26.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	2,626	49,149
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	FN	128,994,460
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	42	47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000	31,709.3	401.9
Metropolitan Area	New York, NY PMSA	?
FIPS Code	005	36

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