New York County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	1,526,982	272,890	17.90%	+/-1.0
AGE
Under 18 years	266,459	78,908	29.60%	+/-2.8		Use the arrows at the bottom-left of the screen to move through the menus.  Click on a county to view it's data.
Related children under 18 years	265,211	77,660	29.30%	+/-2.8
18 to 64 years	1,065,080	151,478	14.20%	+/-0.8
65 years and over	195,443	42,504	21.70%	+/-1.7
SEX
Male	724,193	118,120	16.30%	+/-1.1
Female	802,789	154,770	19.30%	+/-1.1		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	838,190	80,459	9.60%	+/-0.9
Black or African American	227,849	68,322	30.00%	+/-3.3
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	160,711	33,827	21.00%	+/-3.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	258,777	82,485	31.90%	+/-3.9
Two or more races	33,769	6,438	19.10%	+/-5.0
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	400,048	124,930	31.20%	+/-2.7
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	725,329	47,643	6.60%	+/-0.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,154,414	161,742	14.00%	+/-0.7
Less than high school graduate	173,559	68,913	39.70%	+/-2.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	156,396	35,647	22.80%	+/-2.3
Some college, associate's degree	160,721	24,804	15.40%	+/-1.6
Bachelor's degree or higher	663,738	32,378	4.90%	+/-0.6
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	866,668	66,938	7.70%	+/-0.5
Employed	805,600	45,540	5.70%	+/-0.5
Male	414,807	21,452	5.20%	+/-0.8
Female	390,793	24,088	6.20%	+/-0.7
Unemployed	61,068	21,398	35.00%	+/-3.7
Male	29,950	9,123	30.50%	+/-5.5
Female	31,118	12,275	39.40%	+/-5.2
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	1,286,647	203,845	15.80%	+/-0.8
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	556,309	10,435	1.90%	+/-0.4
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	356,515	59,259	16.60%	+/-1.3
Did not work	373,823	134,151	35.90%	+/-1.7
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	130,549	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	336,234	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	388,991	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	464,905	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	495,652	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	561,764	99,787	17.80%	+/-0.8
Male	264,451	41,301	15.60%	+/-1.3
Female	297,313	58,486	19.70%	+/-1.1
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,293	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	265,196	2,280	0.90%	+/-0.3
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	160,840	29,189	18.10%	+/-1.7
Did not work	135,728	68,318	50.30%	+/-2.3
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	21.70%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau