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United States—U.S. Statistics—Census Data—New York

QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau

New York




Bronx County, New York

   People QuickFactsBronx CountyNew York
Population, 2005 estimate 1,357,58919,254,630
Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005 1.9%1.5%
Population, 2000 1,332,65018,976,457
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005 8.7%6.5%
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005 29.5%23.6%
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005 10.2%13.1%
Female persons, percent, 2005 53.1%51.6%
 
White persons, percent, 2005 (a)49.6%73.8%
Black persons, percent, 2005 (a)42.5%17.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a)1.2%0.5%
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a)3.4%6.7%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a)0.5%0.1%
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005 2.8%1.5%
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b)51.3%16.1%
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005 13.1%60.9%
 
Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over 60.5%61.8%
Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 29.0%20.4%
Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 52.7%28.0%
High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 62.3%79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 14.6%27.4%
Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000 340,1213,606,147
Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 43.031.7
 
Housing units, 2005 502,2117,853,020
Homeownership rate, 2000 19.6%53.0%
Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000 88.7%50.6%
Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 $190,400$148,700
 
Households, 2000 463,2127,056,860
Persons per household, 2000 2.782.61
Median household income, 2003 $27,550$44,139
Per capita money income, 1999 $13,959$23,389
Persons below poverty, percent, 2003 26.8%14.3%
   Business QuickFactsBronx CountyNew York
Private nonfarm establishments, 2004 15,431511,4402
Private nonfarm employment, 2004 213,6727,433,6862
Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2004 3.5%1.1%2
Nonemployer establishments, 2004 88,9061,410,301
 
Total number of firms, 2002 93,5801,707,168
Black-owned firms, percent, 2002 25.2%7.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002 2.0%0.7%
Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002 7.2%8.5%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002 0.8%0.2%
Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002 41.0%9.6%
Women-owned firms, percent, 2002 41.8%29.6%
 
Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000) 1,356,541147,317,463
Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000) D343,663,041
Retail sales, 2002 ($1000) 4,318,169178,067,530
Retail sales per capita, 2002 $3,178$9,298
Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000) 490,58227,835,952
Building permits, 2005 4,93761,949
Federal spending, 2004 ($1000) FN1143,902,5762
   Geography QuickFactsBronx CountyNew York
Land area, 2000 (square miles) 4247,213
Persons per square mile, 2000 9,999.9401.9
FIPS Code 00536
Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area 

1: Bronx, New York, Queens, and Richmond Counties included with Kings County; data not available separately. **36005, 36061, 36081 and 36085 incl. with 36047
2: Includes data not distributed by county.

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(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


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 16:05:36 EST

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