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New York County Facts

Census Statistics

	New York County	New York
Population, 2003 estimate	1,564,798	19,190,115
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003	1.8%	1.1%
Population, 2000	1,537,195	18,976,457
Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000	3.3%	5.5%
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000	4.9%	6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000	16.8%	24.7%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000	12.2%	12.9%
Female persons, percent, 2000	52.5%	51.8%?
White persons, percent, 2000 (a)	54.4%	67.9%
Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a)	17.4%	15.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a)	0.5%	0.4%
Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a)	9.4%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a	0.1%	Z
Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a)	14.1%	7.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000	4.1%	3.1%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 (b)	27.2%	15.1%
White persons, not of Hispanic/Latino origin, percent, 2000	45.8%	62.0%?
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000', pct age 5+, 2000	56.9%	61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000	29.4%	20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000	41.9%	28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000	78.7%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000	49.4%	27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000	303,208	3,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000	30.5	31.7?
Housing units, 2002	806,150	7,754,508
Homeownership rate, 2000	20.1%	53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000	99.1%	50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000	$1,000,001	$148,700?
Households, 2000	738,644	7,056,860
Persons per household, 2000	2.00	2.61
Median household income, 1999	$47,030	$43,393
Per capita money income, 1999	$42,922	$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 1999	20.0%	14.6%
Private nonfarm establishments with paid employees, 2001	106,493	493,863
Private nonfarm employment, 2001	2,122,694	7,428,349
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2001	2.0%	1.0%
Nonemployer establishments, 2000	185,465	1,202,943
Manufacturers shipments, 1997 ($1000)	14,028,933	146,720,195
Retail sales, 1997 ($1000)	19,502,446	139,303,944
Retail sales per capita, 1997	$12,652	$7,678
Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	21.6%	19.6%
Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997	26.6%	26.1%
Housing units authorized by building permits, 2002	5,407	49,149
Federal funds and grants, 2002 ($1000)	FN	128,994,460
Land area, 2000 (square miles)	23	47,214
Persons per square mile, 2000	66,940.1	401.9
Metropolitan Area	New York, NY PMSA	?
FIPS Code	061	36

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