Queens County, New York (NY)

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County population in 2005: 2,241,600 (all urban)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 334,894
Renter-occupied apartments: 447,770

% of renters here:	57%
State:	47%

Land area: 109 sq. mi.
Water area: 69.0 sq. mi.

Population density: 20521 people per square mile

(very high).

Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2005: 11.9%

Queens County:	11.9%
New York:	13.8%

(8.4% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 11.9% for Black residents, 16.5% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 16.6% for other race residents, 11.9% for two or more races residents)

Median age of residents in 2005: 37 years old
(Males: 35 years old, Females: 38 years old)
(Median age for: White residents: 45 years old, Black residents: 35 years old, American Indian residents: 37 years old, Asian residents: 36 years old, Hispanic or Latino residents: 32 years old, Other race residents: 31 years old)

Type of workers:

Private wage or salary: 79%
Government: 16%
Self-employed, not incorporated: 5%
Unpaid family work: 0%

Queens County, New York business tout: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Queens County, New York:

White Non-Hispanic (32.9%)
Hispanic (25.0%)
Black (20.0%)
Other race (11.7%)
Chinese (6.3%)
Two or more races (6.1%)
Asian Indian (4.9%)
Korean (2.8%)
Other Asian (1.9%)
Filipino (1.4%)
American Indian (1.2%)

(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:	35.4 years
New York median age:	35.9 years

Males: 1,073,568	(48.2%)
Females: 1,155,811	(51.8%)

Average wage per job in 2003: $38,466
County population in 2003: 2,244,238
Jobs in 2003: 517,571

Queens County,NY real estate house value trend

Total labor force in 2004: 1,065,668
Unemployment rate in 2004: 6.4%

Average household size:

Queens County:	2.8 people
New York:	2.6 people

Median household income in 2005: $48,093
2005 median house value: $420,200
Median contract rent in 2005: $942
Median monthly housing costs in 2005: $1,070
Estimated median household income in 2005: $48,392 ($42,439 in 2000)

This county	$48,392
New York:	$49,480

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $372,914

Queens County	$372,914
New York:	$258,900

Median montly rent in 2000: $775
Institutionalized population: 14,928
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Queens County in 2000: $1554

Queens County races chart

Health of residents in Queens County based on 726 CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2002 to 2004:
General health status score of residents in this county from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent) is 3.4. This is worse than average.
70.7% of residents exercised in the past month. This is about average.
20.0% of residents had a sunburn in the past 12 months. This is less than average.
41.0% of residents smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives. This is about average.
54.4% of residents drank alcohol in the past 30 days. This is about average.
68.8% of residents visited a dentist within the past year. This is about average.
Average weight of males is 176 pounds. This is less than average.
Average weight of females is 149 pounds. This is about average.
1.7% of residents keep firearms around their homes. This is less than average.

Single-family new house construction building permits:

2000: 87 buildings, average cost: $128,500
2001: 142 buildings, average cost: $138,700
2002: 214 buildings, average cost: $146,500
2003: 161 buildings, average cost: $152,100
2004: 265 buildings, average cost: $161,100
2005: 334 buildings, average cost: $170,700
2006: 288 buildings, average cost: $189,900

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in 1000s)

2004 Presidential Election results in Queens County New York:

Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 71.1%
Bush/Cheney (Republican): 27.2%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2005: $2,280 (0.5%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2005: $2,386 (0.6%)

Area name: New York-Monmouth-Ocean, NY-NJ HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Queens 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: Queens.

2005 air pollution in Queens County:

Carbon Monoxide: 2 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.027 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Significanly above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.118 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.086 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.007 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.025 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Bronx County , Kings County , Nassau County , New York County .

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Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here:	4.4%
New York:	4.4%

Unemployment by year (%)

County total employment by year

County average yearly wages by year ($)

Current college students: 164,114
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 74.4%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.3%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,028,339 (45% naturalized citizens)

Queens County:	46.1%
Whole state:	20.4%

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 219,492
1990 to 1994: 209,802
1985 to 1989: 176,413
1980 to 1984: 134,309
1975 to 1979: 73,542
1970 to 1974: 74,596
1970 to 1974: 57,213
1965 to 1969: 82,972

Mean travel time to work: 42.2 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 39.5%

Queens County marital status for males

Queens County marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 172,135
One, attached: 79,812
Two: 156,709
3 or 4: 85,466
5 to 9: 45,750
10 to 19: 28,160
20 or more: 248,265
Mobile homes: 632
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 321

Housing units in Queens County with a mortgage: 122,366 (10,707 second mortgage, 9,927 home equity loan, 311 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 64,617

Agriculture in Queens County
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 0.00%

Queens County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is slightly below New York state average. It is 2.7 times below overall U.S. average.
Tornadoes in this county have caused 6 injuries recorded between 1950 and 2004.
On 10/5/1985, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado injured 6 people

Class of Workers

Most common industries for males in 2005:

Construction (12%)
Accommodation and food services (10%)
Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Finance and insurance (6%)
Health care (5%)
Educational services (5%)

Most common industries for females in 2005:

Health care (19%)
Educational services (11%)
Finance and insurance (8%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (7%)
Accommodation and food services (6%)
Social assistance (5%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males in 2005:

Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4%)
Motor vehicle operators except bus and truck drivers (4%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)
Construction laborers (3%)

Most common occupations for females in 2005:

Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (4%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (4%)

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (7%)
Guyana (7%)
Ecuador (6%)
Colombia (6%)
Dominican Republic (6%)
Korea (5%)
India (5%)

Most common first ancestries reported in Queens County:

Italian (9%)
Irish (5%)
United States or American (3%)
Jamaican (3%)
Polish (2%)
German (2%)
Guyanese (2%)

Queens County mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 319,187 (34%)
Carpooled: 95,329 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 93,186 (10%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 1,543 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 319,225 (34%)
Railroad: 20,845 (2%)
Ferryboat: 143 (0%)
Taxi: 6,235 (1%)
Motorcycle: 384 (0%)
Bicycle: 2,417 (0%)
Walked: 52,776 (6%)
Other means: 3,766 (0%)
Worked at home: 16,673 (2%)

People in group quarters in Queens County, New York

11600 people in nursing homes
5877 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
1105 people in homes for the mentally ill
1010 people in college dormitories (includes college quarters off campus)
947 people in mental (psychiatric) hospitals or wards
865 people in homes or halfway houses for drug/alcohol abuse
821 people in religious group quarters
795 people in homes for the mentally retarded
615 people in state prisons
483 people in other group homes
476 people in other nonhousehold living situations
467 people in local jails and other confinement facilities (including police lockups)
428 people in job corps and vocational training facilities
383 people in schools, hospitals, or wards for the mentally retarded
331 people in wards in general hospitals for patients who have no usual home elsewhere
262 people in hospitals or wards for drug/alcohol abuse
107 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
91 people in residential treatment centers for emotionally disturbed children
74 people in homes for the physically handicapped
44 people in hospitals/wards and hospices for chronically ill
44 people in other hospitals or wards for chronically ill
38 people in unknown juvenile institutions
23 people in short-term care, detention or diagnostic centers for delinquent children
14 people in homes for abused, dependent, and neglected children
11 people in other workers' dormitories
6 people in orthopedic wards and institutions for the physically handicapped

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $44,206.

5.15% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($35,822 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.15%
New York average:	5.41%

0.14% of residents moved from foreign countries ($472 average AGI)
Queens County: 0.14%
New York average: 0.24%

3.47% relocated from other counties in New York ($26,417 average AGI)
1.53% relocated from other states ($8,933 average AGI)
Queens County: 1.53%
New York average: 1.94%

Percentage of residents relocating from other counties or countries

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Kings County, NY	1.36% ($34,393 average AGI)
from New York County, NY	0.74% ($45,398)
from Nassau County, NY	0.52% ($46,822)
from Bronx County, NY	0.30% ($31,782)
from Suffolk County, NY	0.24% ($44,140)
from Hudson County, NJ	0.08% ($38,868)
from Westchester County, NY	0.07% ($42,798)

6.69% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,525 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.69%
New York average:	6.26%

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($471 average AGI)
Queens County: 0.08%
New York average: 0.10%

3.68% relocated to other counties in New York ($27,505 average AGI)
2.92% relocated to other states ($18,549 average AGI)
Queens County: 2.92%
New York average: 2.96%

Percentage of residents relocating to other counties or countries

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Nassau County, NY	0.97% ($62,164 average AGI)
to Kings County, NY	0.95% ($31,600)
to New York County, NY	0.63% ($58,056)
to Suffolk County, NY	0.38% ($55,872)
to Bronx County, NY	0.29% ($30,942)
to Bergen County, NJ	0.13% ($56,169)
to Westchester County, NY	0.13% ($76,988)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 14.0
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 13.9

Births per 1000 population in Queens County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 7.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 7.2

Deaths per 1000 population in Queens County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 5.2

Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Queens County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 284,959 (252,241 aged, 32,718 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship

Households: 2,202,612

In family households: 1,908,043 (362,062 male householders, 180,742 female householders)
378,912 spouses, 671,176 children (639,933 natural, 13,469 adopted, 17,774 stepchildren), 53,626 grandchildren, 56,405 brothers or sisters, 44,987 parents, 91,245 other relatives, 68,888 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 294,569 (101,887 male householders (79,131 living alone)), 137,955 female householders (120,613 living alone)), 54,727 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 26,767 (14,855 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 175,682 2-persons, 130,938 3-persons, 116,400 4-persons, 64,531 5-persons, 31,430 6-persons, 23,823 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 199,744 1-person, 31,577 2-persons, 5,418 3-persons, 1,913 4-persons, 766 5-persons, 250 6-persons, 174 7-or-more-persons.

316,088 married couples with children.
116,186 single-parent households (22,017 men, 94,169 women).

46.4% of residents of Queens County speak English at home.
23.2% of residents speak Spanish at home (46% speak English very well, 24% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
17.3% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
11.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 29% speak English well, 25% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
1.7% of residents speak other language at home (65% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% 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

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 162,185

Here:	72 per 1000 residents
State:	70 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 82,308

Here:	37 per 1000 residents
State:	42 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +181,176

Here:	+81 per 1000 residents
State:	+35 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: -283,573

Here:	-127 per 1000 residents
State:	-52 per 1000 residents

Population growth in Queens County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 48.24 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	5.6
State:	6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.4
State:	3.6

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 3,384
1995 to 1998: 8,689
1990 to 1994: 9,660
1980 to 1989: 28,384
1970 to 1979: 58,919
1960 to 1969: 130,750
1950 to 1959: 175,643
1940 to 1949: 161,256
1939 or earlier: 240,565

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Queens County, New York:

1 room: 4,407
2 rooms: 10,651
3 rooms: 37,894
4 rooms: 42,929
5 rooms: 60,543
6 rooms: 80,099
7 rooms: 40,154
8 rooms: 25,036
9 or more rooms: 33,181

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Queens County, New York:

1 room: 43,722
2 rooms: 69,435
3 rooms: 125,714
4 rooms: 105,597
5 rooms: 64,132
6 rooms: 27,434
7 rooms: 5,779
8 rooms: 2,745
9 or more rooms: 3,212

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Queens County:

no bedroom: 6,629
1 bedroom: 42,920
2 bedrooms: 85,127
3 bedrooms: 136,717
4 bedrooms: 41,946
5 or more bedrooms: 21,555

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Queens County:

no bedroom: 52,284
1 bedroom: 183,115
2 bedrooms: 145,160
3 bedrooms: 57,482
4 bedrooms: 7,119
5 or more bedrooms: 2,610

Cars and other vehicles available in Queens County in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 64,145
1 vehicle: 151,509
2 vehicles: 92,443
3 vehicles: 20,626
4 vehicles: 4,447
5 or more vehicles: 1,724

Cars and other vehicles available in Queens County in renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 230,904
1 vehicle: 169,828
2 vehicles: 39,774
3 vehicles: 4,461
4 vehicles: 862
5 or more vehicles: 1,941

67% of Queens 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, 77% lived in New York.

Queens County:	67.3%
State average:	64.4%

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

This state: 1014682
Northeast: 35986
Midwest: 14250
South: 74568
West: 10496

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $196,100

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Utility gas (66%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (29%)
Electricity (2%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (54%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (33%)
Electricity (8%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (3%)
Other fuel (1%)
No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 40,455

Here:	17.3%
New York:	14.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 20,257

Here:	16.1%
New York:	13.2%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 43,694

Here:	33.6%
New York:	38.2%

Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninstitutionalized)

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