People QuickFacts	New York County	New York
  	Population, 2006 estimate    	1,611,581	19,306,183
  	Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2006    	4.8%	1.7%
  	Population, 2000    	1,537,195	18,976,457
  	Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2006    	6.1%	6.3%
  	Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2006    	17.1%	23.4%
  	Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2006    	12.7%	13.1%
  	Female persons, percent, 2006    	52.4%	51.5%
  	White persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	66.5%	73.7%
  	Black persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	19.5%	17.4%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.6%	0.5%
  	Asian persons, percent, 2006 (a)    	11.1%	6.9%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2006 (a)    	0.1%	0.1%
  	Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2006    	2.1%	1.5%
  	Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2006 (b)    	25.4%	16.3%
  	White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2006    	48.0%	60.5%
  	Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over    	56.9%	61.8%
  	Foreign born persons, percent, 2000    	29.4%	20.4%
  	Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000    	41.9%	28.0%
  	High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000    	78.7%	79.1%
  	Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000    	49.4%	27.4%
  	Persons with a disability, age 5+, 2000    	303,208	3,606,147
  	Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000    	30.5	31.7 			
  	Housing units, 2006    	840,442	7,907,420
  	Homeownership rate, 2000    	20.1%	53.0%
  	Housing units in multi-unit structures, percent, 2000    	99.1%	50.6%
  	Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000    	$1,000,001	$148,700 			
  	Households, 2000    	738,644	7,056,860
  	Persons per household, 2000    	2.00	2.61
  	Median household income, 2004    	$45,290	$45,343
  	Per capita money income, 1999    	$42,922	$23,389
  	Persons below poverty, percent, 2004    	18.8%	14.5%

   	Business QuickFacts	New York County	New York
  	Private nonfarm establishments, 2005    	103,563	514,265
  	Private nonfarm employment, 2005    	1,997,175	7,417,463
  	Private nonfarm employment, percent change 2000-2005    	-4.0%	0.9%
  	Nonemployer establishments, 2005    	211,103	1,443,483
  	Total number of firms, 2002    	282,357	1,707,168
  	Black-owned firms, percent, 2002    	5.7%	7.6%
  	American Indian and Alaska Native owned firms, percent, 2002    	0.7%	0.7%
  	Asian-owned firms, percent, 2002    	10.2%	8.5%
  	Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander owned firms, percent, 2002    	0.2%	0.2%
  	Hispanic-owned firms, percent, 2002    	11.3%	9.6%
  	Women-owned firms, percent, 2002    	30.6%	29.6% 			
  	Manufacturers shipments, 2002 ($1000)    	10,950,335	147,317,463
  	Wholesale trade sales, 2002 ($1000)    	140,669,286	343,663,041
  	Retail sales, 2002 ($1000)    	25,904,575	178,067,530
  	Retail sales per capita, 2002    	$16,718	$9,298
  	Accommodation and foodservices sales, 2002 ($1000)    	10,714,578	27,835,952
  	Building permits, 2006    	8,790	54,382
  	Federal spending, 2004 ($1000)    	FN	143,902,576

   	Geography QuickFacts	New York County	New York
  	Land area, 2000 (square miles)    	22.96	47,213.79
  	Persons per square mile, 2000    	9,999.9	401.9
  	FIPS Code    	061	36
  	Metropolitan or Micropolitan Statistical Area    	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area	 

(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: US Census Bureau State & County QuickFacts