Kings County, New York
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State Health Department
- New York State Department of Health: Corning Tower Building 14th Floor, Albany
Population:
- Total Population: 2,465,326
- Males: 1,153,327
- Females: 1,311,999
Ethnicity:
- White: 854,653
- Black/African American: 844,568
- Hispanic: 488,163
- Native American/Eskimo: 4,230
- Asian: 184,498
- Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 898
- Other: 16,067
- 2 or more: 72,249
Top 5 Languages spoken at home:
- English only (1,217,120)
- Spanish (411,340)
- Russian (135,980)
- Chinese (89,610)
- Yiddish (70,860)
Top 31 Countries of Origin for Immigrants (pop. > 5000)
Total Reported: 931,769
- Jamaica (73,580)
- China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (72,673)
- Haiti (61,267)
- Dominican Republic (59,362)
- Ukraine (55,573)
- Trinidad and Tobago (52,256)
- Russia (51,781)
- Guyana (46,425)
- Other Caribbean (42,498)
- Mexico (39,605)
- Poland (35,382)
- Italy (24,719)
- Ecuador (20,256)
- Barbados (19,249)
- Pakistan (16,872)
- Panama (15,055)
- Hong Kong (11,809)
- Israel (9,866)
- Bangladesh (9,756)
- Belarus (9,406)
- Honduras (9,117)
- Colombia (7,597)
- United Kingdom (7,314)
- India (6,838)
- Philippines (6,769)
- Egypt (5,942)
- Korea (5,560)
- Nigeria (5,492)
- El Salvador (5,308)
- Guatemala (5,153)
- Vietnam (5,094)
Top 5 Religions by Adherents:
- Catholic Church (912,509)
- Jewish Estimate (379,000)
- Muslim Estimate (57,897)
- American Baptist Churches in the USA (57,755)
- Seventh-day Adventist Church (22,273)
Migrant Health Clinics
Disabilities:
- Total Reported: 1,088,538
- Sensory: 67,849
- Physical: 198,137
- Mental: 128,207
- Self-care: 88,069
- Go outside home: 306,787
- Employment: 289,870
Grandparents as caregivers
Grandparents as caregivers: 29,285
Heating fuel:
- Total Reported: 880,727
- Utility gas: 531,682
- Bottled or LP gas: 31,026
- Electricity: 45,733
- Fuel oil, kerosene: 248,020
- Coal or Coke: 443
- Wood: 175
- Solar Energy: 812
- Other fuel: 11,740
- No fuel used: 11,096
Vehicles available:
- Total Reported: 1,381,734
- No vehicle: 774,041
- 1 or more vehicle: 607,693
Education Attainment:
- No School: 53,344
- No High School: 149,846
- Some High School: 281,116
- High School: 414,868
- Some College: 225,716
- Associate's Degree: 88,730
- College Degree: 202,103
- Master's Degree: 92,986
- Professional Degree: 32,842
- Doctoral Degree: 11,319
Household Phones:
- Households Reporting: 880,727
- Owners with phone: 236,260
- Owners without phone: 2,030
- Renters with phone: 617,685
- Renters without phone: 24,752
10 closest counties:
- New York County, New York
- Queens County, New York
- Hudson County, New Jersey
- Richmond County, New York
- Bronx County, New York
- Essex County, New Jersey
- Bergen County, New Jersey
- Union County, New Jersey
- Nassau County, New York
- Passaic County, New Jersey
FBOs
- The Center for Professional Education: 1150 Carroll St., New York - 718-270-6908 fax: 718-270-5177 |
Islamic Community - Community Coalition for Diabetes Prevention/ Sunset Park Family Health Center, Latinos en Control: 195 Montague St. 4th Fl, Brooklyn - 718-491-7583 fax: |
Audience targeted: African Americans and Hispanics - Interfaith Medical Center/Bedford Stuyvesant/2000--2004: 1545 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn - 718-613-6590 fax: 718-613-6693 |
Service all populations 11, 450 total - The Miralce Makers, Inc/Central Brooklyn Faith Network/2000-04: 510 Gates Avenue, Brooklyn - 718-484-3094 fax: 718-399-2518 |
Service African Americans 5,000 & Hispanics--500 - Unity Fellowship Breaking/Banjee Boys are Down/1999-03: 2578 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn - 718-385-2406 fax: 718-399-3149 |
Service African Americans and Hispanics--7,455 Total
Data Detail
Zip Codes in county:
11201, 11202, 11203, 11204, 11205, 11206, 11207, 11208, 11209, 11210, 11211, 11212, 11213, 11214, 11215, 11216, 11217, 11218, 11219, 11220, 11221, 11222, 11223, 11224, 11225, 11226, 11228, 11229, 11230, 11231, 11232, 11233, 11234, 11235, 11236, 11237, 11238, 11239, 11240, 11241, 11242, 11243, 11244, 11245, 11247, 11248, 11249, 11251, 11252, 11254, 11255, 11256
Licensed Broadcast Media Outlets:
- WNYE-TV (536 TV) BROOKLYN, NY
- WYGG (88.1 FM) BROOKLYN, NY
- WKRB (90.3 FM) BROOKLYN, NY
- WNYE (91.5 FM) BROOKLYN, NY
- Page last updated on Mar 12, 2007
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