Bronx County, New York (NY)

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% of renters here:	80%
State:	47%

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Races in Bronx County, New York:

Median resident age:	31.2 years
New York median age:	35.9 years

Males: 620,171	(46.5%)
Females: 712,479	(53.5%)

Recent posts about Bronx County, New York on our local forum with over 600,000 registered users. Bronx County is mentioned 44 times on our forum:

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Bronx County:	2.8 people
New York:	2.6 people

This county:	$34,156
New York:	$53,514

This county:	$764
State:	$802

Bronx County:	$392,100
New York:	$311,000

Detached houses: $485,891

Here:	$485,891
State:	$352,556

Townhouses or other attached units: $444,783

Here:	$444,783
State:	$476,263

In 2-unit structures: $510,926

Here:	$510,926
State:	$482,362

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $494,386

Here:	$494,386
State:	$552,553

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $204,396

Here:	$204,396
State:	$503,284

Mobile homes: $179,601

Here:	$179,601
State:	$40,766

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000

Here:	$5,000
State:	$137,621

Bronx County:	27.1%
New York:	13.7%

Area name: New York-Monmouth-Ocean, NY-NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Bronx County is $1003 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $1133 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1406 a month.

Cities in this county include: Plattsburgh West, Bronx.

2005 air pollution in Bronx County:

Carbon Monoxide: 2 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.029 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.105 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.077 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³): 16.9 µg/m³. Above U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m³): 38 µg/m³. Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.011 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.042 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Above U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bergen County, New Jersey , New York County , Queens County , Westchester County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Here:	6.8%
New York:	4.5%

Current college students: 86,014
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 62.3%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

Number of foreign born residents: 385,827 (40% naturalized citizens)

Bronx County:	29.0%
Whole state:	20.4%

Mean travel time to work: 43.0 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 40.7%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 28,429
• One, attached: 26,572
• Two: 41,304
• 3 or 4: 36,345
• 5 to 9: 19,249
• 10 to 19: 30,998
• 20 or more: 307,248
• Mobile homes: 333
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 181

Housing units in Bronx County with a mortgage: 23,339 (2,159 second mortgage, 2,053 home equity loan, 105 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 12,021

Here:	66.0% with mortgage
State:	67.9% with mortgage

Means of transportation to work Drove a car alone: 112,159 (27%) Carpooled: 38,726 (9%) Bus or trolley bus: 64,918 (16%) Streetcar or trolley car: 669 (0%) Subway or elevated: 143,534 (35%) Railroad: 8,113 (2%) Ferryboat: 106 (0%) Taxi: 5,495 (1%) Motorcycle: 179 (0%) Bicycle: 987 (0%) Walked: 30,076 (7%) Other means: 2,357 (1%) Worked at home: 7,756 (2%)

5.33% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($29,360 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.33%
New York average:	5.41%

0.19% of residents moved from foreign countries ($522 average AGI)

Bronx County:	0.19%
New York average:	0.24%

3.74% relocated from other counties in New York ($22,146 average AGI)
1.39% relocated from other states ($6,692 average AGI)

Bronx County:	1.39%
New York average:	1.94%

from New York County, NY	1.74% ($29,950 average AGI)
from Kings County, NY	0.58% ($27,529)
from Queens County, NY	0.54% ($30,942)
from Westchester County, NY	0.46% ($40,009)
from Nassau County, NY	0.07% ($38,404)
from Suffolk County, NY	0.07% ($37,551)
from Hudson County, NJ	0.06% ($29,500)

7.11% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($35,641 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	7.11%
New York average:	6.26%

0.14% of residents moved to foreign countries ($327 average AGI)

Bronx County:	0.14%
New York average:	0.10%

3.87% relocated to other counties in New York ($20,341 average AGI)
3.09% relocated to other states ($14,973 average AGI)

Bronx County:	3.09%
New York average:	2.96%

to New York County, NY	1.22% ($29,343 average AGI)
to Westchester County, NY	0.83% ($51,090)
to Queens County, NY	0.54% ($31,782)
to Kings County, NY	0.50% ($25,444)
to Orange County, NY	0.19% ($54,713)
to Bergen County, NJ	0.13% ($66,643)
to Orange County, FL	0.13% ($26,583)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 17.5
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 16.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 9.8
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 7.2

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 149,665 (123,073 aged, 26,592 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 22%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 15%

Household type by relationship

• In family households: 1,114,409 (140,125 male householders, 177,123 female householders)

  149,523 spouses, 468,557 children (444,606 natural, 11,551 adopted, 12,400 stepchildren), 44,814 grandchildren, 28,937 brothers or sisters, 17,954 parents, 42,018 other relatives, 45,358 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 171,098 (60,956 male householders (50,802 living alone)), 85,038 female householders (75,963 living alone)), 25,104 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 47,143 (28,063 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 97,179 2-persons, 84,091 3-persons, 66,013 4-persons, 37,790 5-persons, 18,557 6-persons, 13,618 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 126,765 1-person, 16,063 2-persons, 1,912 3-persons, 653 4-persons, 283 5-persons, 173 6-persons, 145 7-or-more-persons.

47.3% of residents of Bronx County speak English at home.
43.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (51% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
5.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (57% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (44% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 23% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (64% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $0,000 ($(FN) per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $0,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $0,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $0,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $0,000
Federal grants: $0,000
Federal procurement contracts: $0,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $0,000 ($0,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $0,000
Federal Government insurance: $0,000

Here:	95 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Here:	38 per 1000 residents
State:	42 per 1000 residents

Here:	+51 per 1000 residents
State:	+35 per 1000 residents

Here:	-88 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.00 millions of gallons per day (all from surface)

Here:	5.2
State:	6.3

Here:	3.4
State:	3.6

65% of Bronx County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 79% lived in New York.

Bronx County:	64.6%
State average:	64.4%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 713090
• Northeast: 23711
• Midwest: 6555
• South: 61176
• West: 3708

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $188,400

Here:	14.1%
New York:	14.0%

Here:	16.1%
New York:	13.2%

Here:	38.3%
New York:	38.2%

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