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Yonkers, New york, Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units77,589100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached18,79824.21-unit, attached2,3483.02 units8,59711.13 or 4 units8,89811.55 to 9 units6,4258.310 to 19 units4,2975.520…

Social Statistics for Yonkers, New York

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school51,711100.0Nursery school, preschool3,3456.5Kindergarten3,2976.4Elementary school (grades 1-8)21,73442.0High school (…

Manhattan, indigenous people of North America

(Encyclopedia) ManhattanManhattanmănhătˈən [key], indigenous people of North America of the Algonquian-Wakashan linguistic stock (see Native American languages). They were a small tribe of the…

Ashokan Reservoir

(Encyclopedia) Ashokan ReservoirAshokan Reservoirəshōˈkən [key], 13 sq mi (34 sq km), SE N.Y., completed 1912. It is supplied by the Esopus and Schoharie watersheds and provides part of New York City…

Blinken, Antony John

(Encyclopedia) Blinken, Antony John, 1962–, U.S. government official, b. Yonkers, N.Y., J.D. Columbia, 1988. A Democrat, he served (1994–2001) on the staff of the National Security Council under…

Yonkers (city), New York Census Data

People QuickFactsYonkersNew YorkPopulation, 2003 estimate 197,38819,190,115Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 0.7%1.1%Population, 2000 196,08618,976,457Population,…

Nicolson, Marjorie Hope

(Encyclopedia) Nicolson, Marjorie Hope, 1894–1981, American educator, b. Yonkers, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Michigan (B.A., 1914; M.A., 1918) and Yale (Ph.D., 1920). She was dean and professor at Smith…

Northrop, John Howard

(Encyclopedia) Northrop, John Howard, 1891–1987, American chemist, b. Yonkers, N.Y., Ph.D. Columbia, 1915. He was a researcher at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (now Rockefeller Univ…

Gajdusek, Daniel Carleton

(Encyclopedia) Gajdusek, Daniel CarletonGajdusek, Daniel Carletongīdˈəshĕkˌ [key], 1923–2008, American virologist, b. Yonkers, N.Y., grad. Univ. of Rochester; M.D. Harvard, 1945. He worked in the…

Yates, Richard, American fiction writer

(Encyclopedia) Yates, Richard, 1926–92, American fiction writer, b. Yonkers, N.Y. A subtle and painstaking literary craftsman who has often been considered a “writers' writer,” Yates frequently…