Title

New York County

New York State

Population, 2001 estimate

1,541,150

19,011,378

Population percent change, April 1, 2000-July 1, 2001

0.3%

0.2%

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%

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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, workers age 16+ (minutes), 2000

30.5

31.7

Housing units, 2000

798,144

7,679,307

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 money income, 1999

$47,030

$43,393

Per capita money income, 1999

$42,922

$23,389

Persons below poverty, percent, 1999

20.0%

14.6%