Queens County
	Total	Below Poverty Level	% Below Poverty Level	Margin of Error
Population for whom poverty status is determined	2,208,518	263,701	11.90%	+/-0.7
AGE
Under 18 years	491,391	77,939	15.90%	+/-1.6		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	489,207	76,102	15.60%	+/-1.6
18 to 64 years	1,435,548	149,266	10.40%	+/-0.7
65 years and over	281,579	36,496	13.00%	+/-1.3
SEX
Male	1,071,815	110,117	10.30%	+/-0.8
Female	1,136,703	153,584	13.50%	+/-0.8		Close this window to return to the main NYSCAA site.
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN
One race	N	N	N	N
White	978,336	96,667	9.90%	+/-1.0
Black or African American	435,936	51,767	11.90%	+/-1.4
American Indian and Alaska Native	N	N	N	N
Asian	463,033	61,702	13.30%	+/-1.7
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	N	N	N	N
Some other race	284,379	47,271	16.60%	+/-3.2
Two or more races	35,905	4,281	11.90%	+/-4.9
Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)	579,646	95,524	16.50%	+/-1.6
White alone, not Hispanic or Latino	685,699	57,614	8.40%	+/-1.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,532,089	159,014	10.40%	+/-0.6
Less than high school graduate	311,946	54,210	17.40%	+/-1.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	452,101	50,095	11.10%	+/-1.1
Some college, associate's degree	336,432	29,558	8.80%	+/-1.1
Bachelor's degree or higher	431,610	25,151	5.80%	+/-0.8
EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Civilian labor force 16 years and over	1,109,217	71,386	6.40%	+/-0.5
Employed	1,022,813	51,817	5.10%	+/-0.5
Male	564,753	26,273	4.70%	+/-0.6
Female	458,060	25,544	5.60%	+/-0.7
Unemployed	86,404	19,569	22.60%	+/-2.6
Male	43,279	7,994	18.50%	+/-3.1
Female	43,125	11,575	26.80%	+/-4.0
WORK EXPERIENCE
Population 16 years and over	1,772,458	196,139	11.10%	+/-0.6
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	729,368	16,484	2.30%	+/-0.4
Worked part-time or part-year in the past 12 months	432,156	52,453	12.10%	+/-1.1
Did not work	610,934	127,202	20.80%	+/-1.3
All Individuals below:
50 percent of poverty level	112,073	(X)	(X)	(X)
125 percent of poverty level	362,100	(X)	(X)	(X)
150 percent of poverty level	465,102	(X)	(X)	(X)
185 percent of poverty level	611,825	(X)	(X)	(X)
200 percent of poverty level	675,848	(X)	(X)	(X)
Unrelated individuals for whom poverty status is determined	368,547	83,910	22.80%	+/-1.4
Male	174,909	30,498	17.40%	+/-1.9
Female	193,638	53,412	27.60%	+/-2.1
Mean income deficit for unrelated individuals (dollars)	5,917	(X)	(X)	(X)
Worked full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	159,687	2,940	1.80%	+/-0.8
Worked less than full-time, year-round in the past 12 months	81,782	19,767	24.20%	+/-3.0
Did not work	127,078	61,203	48.20%	+/-2.7
PERCENT IMPUTED
Poverty status for individuals	31.50%	(X)	(X)	(X)
Source: American Community Survey, US Census Bureau, 2005
source: US Census Bureau