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| Manhattan Apartment Locator Services : Manhattan Apartments |  | Contents | |
| Demographics |
| New York County is the most densely populated
state county in the United States. |
| As of the census2 of 2000, there are 1,537,195
people, 738,644 households, and 302,105 families residing in
the county. The population density is 25,849.9/km² (66,940.1/mi²).
There are 798,144 housing units at an average density of 13,421.8/km²
(34,756.7/mi²). The racial makeup of the county is 54.36%
White, 17.39% Black or African American, 0.50% Native American,
9.40% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 14.14% other races, and
4.14% from two or more races. 27.18% of the population are Hispanic
or Latino of any race. 45.8% of the population are Whites, not
of Hispanic origins. |
| A partial list of the specific European ancestry
claimed by Manhattan residents is as follows (2000): |
- Irish : 7.48%
- Italian : 7.10%
- German : 6.63%
- English : 5.43%
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| According to an estimation by the Census Bureau,
the population of New York county increased to 1,564,798 in
2003. |
| Lower Manhattan (ie Manhattan south of Houston
street) has a sharply different population than the rest of
the borough. Indeed, to the census of 2000, the neighborhood
was 41 percent Asian, 32 percent non-Hispanic white, 19 percent
Hispanic and 6 percent black, and 43 percent of the inhabitants
were immigrants. This can be explained by the demographic weight
of Chinatown, which counts for 55% of the population of Lower
Manhattan. |
| There are 738,644 households out of which 17.1%
have children under the age of 18 living with them, 25.2% are
married couples living together, 12.6% have a female householder
with no husband present, and 59.1% are non-families. 48.0% of
all households are made up of individuals and 10.9% have someone
living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household
size is 2.00 and the average family size is 2.99. |
| In the county the population is spread out with
16.8% under the age of 18, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 38.3% from 25
to 44, 22.6% from 45 to 64, and 12.2% who are 65 years of age
or older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females
there are 90.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over,
there are 87.9 males. |
| The median income for a household in the county
is $47,030, and the median income for a family is $50,229. Males
have a median income of $51,856 versus $45,712 for females.
The per capita income for the county is $42,922. 20.0% of the
population and 17.6% of families are below the poverty line.
Out of the total population, 31.8% of those under the age of
18 and 18.9% of those 65 and older are living below the poverty
line. |
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