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Thursday, April 12, 2007

New York QuickFacts from US Census Bureau

People QuickFacts
New York
USA

Population, 2005 estimate
19,254,630
296,410,404

Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005
1.5%
5.3%

Population, 2000
18,976,457
281,421,906

Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005
6.5%
6.8%

Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005
23.6%
24.8%

Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005
13.1%
12.4%

Female persons, percent, 2005
51.6%
50.7%


White persons, percent, 2005 (a)
73.8%
80.2%

Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)
17.4%
12.8%

American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)
0.5%
1.0%

Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)
6.7%
4.3%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)
0.1%
0.2%

Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005
1.5%
1.5%

Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)
16.1%
14.4%

White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005
60.9%
66.9%


Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over
61.8%
54.1%

Foreign born persons, percent, 2000
20.4%
11.1%

Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000
28.0%
17.9%

High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000
79.1%
80.4%

Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000
27.4%
24.4%

Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000
3,606,147
49,746,248

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000
31.7
25.5


Housing units, 2005
7,853,020
124,521,886

Homeownership rate, 2000
53.0%
66.2%

Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000
50.6%
26.4%

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000
$148,700
$119,600


Households, 2000
7,056,860
105,480,101

Persons per household, 2000
2.61
2.59

Median household income, 2003
$44,139
$43,318

Per capita money income, 1999
$23,389
$21,587

Persons below poverty, percent, 2003
14.3%
12.5%

Business QuickFacts
New York
USA

Private nonfarm establishments, 2004
511,4401
7,387,724

Private nonfarm employment, 2004
7,433,6861
115,074,924

Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004
1.1%1
0.9%

Nonemployer establishments, 2004
1,410,301
19,523,741


Total number of firms, 2002
1,707,168
22,974,655

Black-owned firms, percent, 2002
7.6%
5.2%

American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002
0.7%
0.9%

Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002
8.5%
4.8%

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002
0.2%
0.1%

Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002
9.6%
6.8%

Women-owned firms, percent, 2002
29.6%
28.2%


Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)
147,317,463
3,916,136,712

Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)
343,663,041
4,634,755,112

Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)
178,067,530
3,056,421,997

Retail sales per capita, 2002
$9,298
$10,615

Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)
27,835,952
449,498,718

Building permits, 2005
61,949
2,155,316

Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)
143,902,5761
2,143,781,7272

Geography QuickFacts
New York
USA


Land area, 2000 (square miles)
47,213
3,537,438

Persons per square mile, 2000
401.9
79.6

FIPS Code
36
1: Includes data not distributed by county.2: Includes data not distributed by state.Download these tables - delimited Download these tables - Excel Download the full data set
(a) Includes persons reporting only one race.(b) Hispanics may be of any race, so also are included in applicable race categories. FN: Footnote on this item for this area in place of data NA: Not available D: Suppressed to avoid disclosure of confidential information X: Not applicable S: Suppressed; does not meet publication standards Z: Value greater than zero but less than half unit of measure shown F: Fewer than 100 firms
Data Quality StatementWhat do you think of QuickFacts?Source U.S. Census Bureau: State and County QuickFacts. Data derived from Population Estimates, Census of Population and Housing, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits, Consolidated Federal Funds Report Last Revised: Friday, 12-Jan-2007 16:06:14 EST