NEW
YORK CITY POPULATION
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People QuickFacts |
New York |
New York |
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Population, 2003 estimate
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8,085,742 |
19,190,115 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003
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1.0% |
1.1% |
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Population, 2000
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8,008,278 |
18,976,457 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000
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9.4% |
5.5% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000
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6.8% |
6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000
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24.2% |
24.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000
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11.7% |
12.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000
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52.6% |
51.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
44.7% |
67.9% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
26.6% |
15.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.5% |
0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000
(a) |
9.8% |
5.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000
(a) |
0.1% |
Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000
(a) |
13.4% |
7.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000
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4.9% |
3.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000
|
27.0% |
15.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
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61.0% |
61.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
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35.9% |
20.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
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47.6% |
28.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
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72.3% |
79.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
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27.4% |
27.4% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
|
40.0 |
31.7 |
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Housing units, 2000
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3,200,912 |
7,679,307 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000
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30.2% |
53.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
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$211,900 |
$148,700 |
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Households, 2000
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3,021,588 |
7,056,860 |
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Persons per household, 2000
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2.59 |
2.61 |
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Median household income, 1999
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$38,293 |
$43,393 |
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Per capita money income, 1999
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$22,402 |
$23,389 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999
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21.2% |
14.6% |
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