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COUNTY POPULATION
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People QuickFacts |
Kings County |
New York |
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Population, 2006 estimate
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2,508,820 |
19,306,183 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006
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1.8% |
1.7% |
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Population, 2000
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2,465,326 |
18,976,457 |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006
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7.7% |
6.3% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006
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26.1% |
23.4% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006
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12.1% |
13.1% |
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Female persons, percent, 2006
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52.8% |
51.5% |
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White persons, percent, 2006 (a)
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50.9% |
73.7% |
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Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)
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38.0% |
17.4% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)
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0.5% |
0.5% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)
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9.1% |
6.9% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)
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0.1% |
0.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006
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1.3% |
1.5% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)
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19.8% |
16.3% |
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White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006
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36.1% |
60.5% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
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62.9% |
61.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
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37.8% |
20.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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46.7% |
28.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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68.8% |
79.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
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21.8% |
27.4% |
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Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
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603,816 |
3,606,147 |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
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43.2 |
31.7 |
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Housing units, 2006
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954,372 |
7,907,420 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000
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27.1% |
53.0% |
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Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
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86.2% |
50.6% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$224,100 |
$148,700 |
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Households, 2000
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880,727 |
7,056,860 |
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Persons per household, 2000
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2.75 |
2.61 |
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Median household income, 2004
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$32,339 |
$45,343 |
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Per capita money income, 1999
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$16,775 |
$23,389 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 2004
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23.8% |
14.5% |
Kings County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau
Long Island Population
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