Queens County, New York (NY)

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• • 642,19628.2%Hispanic or Latino
  • 595,54526.1%Asian alone
  • 521,76822.9%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 369,50216.2%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 81,1363.6%Two or more races
  • 59,1052.6%Some other race alone
  • 6,3870.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 2,3900.1%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $825,788

Here:	$825,788
State:	$476,719

Townhouses or other attached units: $810,362

Here:	$810,362
State:	$699,270

In 2-unit structures: $794,580

Here:	$794,580
State:	$713,077

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $895,523

Here:	$895,523
State:	$764,568

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $452,004

Here:	$452,004
State:	$912,009

Mobile homes: $368,353

Here:	$368,353
State:	$88,925

Health of residents in Queens County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $5,916 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $5,840 (0.9%)

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.

2023 air pollution in Queens County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.271 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Above U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.031 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 9.2 µg/m³(standard limit: 15.0 µg/m³). Near U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.000 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Clinton County, Indiana , Middlesex County, New Jersey , Warren County, New Jersey , Livingston County, Illinois , Otoe County, Nebraska .

Current college students: 164,114
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 82.8%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 35.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,081,374 (61.6% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 277,8722010 or later
• 250,3682000 to 2009
• 229,2901990 to 1999
• 310,7221980 to 1989
• 148,1381970 to 1979
• 140,185Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): + minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.6%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 177,198
• One, attached: 82,131
• Two: 174,380
• 3 or 4: 89,923
• 5 to 9: 52,217
• 10 to 19: 35,833
• 20 to 49: 88,225
• 50 or more: 209,248
• Mobile homes: 2,463
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 295

Housing units in Queens County with a mortgage: 204,464 (16,065 second mortgage, 1,073 home equity loan, 11,675 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 5,197

Religion statistics for Queens County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Queens County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• New York Tropical Storm Isaias, Incident Period: August 4, 2020, FEMA Id: 4567, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• New York Covid-19 Pandemic, Incident Period: January 20, 2020, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4480-NY: March 20, 2020, FEMA Id: 4480, Natural disaster type: Other
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3351: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3351, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 09, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4085: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 4085, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4020: August 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 4020, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 25, 2011 to September 05, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3328: August 26, 2011, FEMA Id: 3328, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-line Winds, Incident Period: September 16, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1943: October 14, 2010, FEMA Id: 1943, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Wind
• New York Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornado, Incident Period: August 08, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1724: August 31, 2007, FEMA Id: 1724, Natural disaster type: Storm, Tornado, Flood
• New York Hurricane Katrina Evacuation, Incident Period: August 29, 2005 to October 01, 2005, Emergency Declared EM-3262: September 30, 2005, FEMA Id: 3262, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• New York Power Outage, Incident Period: August 14, 2003 to August 16, 2003, Emergency Declared EM-3186: August 23, 2003, FEMA Id: 3186, Natural disaster type: Power Outage
• 9 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

4.40% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($59,907 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved from foreign countries ($70 average AGI)

Queens County:	0.01%
New York average:	0.01%

3.09% relocated from other counties in New York ($43,380 average AGI)
1.29% relocated from other states ($16,457 average AGI)

Queens County:	1.29%
New York average:	1.86%

from Kings County, NY	1.27% ($53,265 average AGI)
from New York County, NY	0.66% ($86,338)
from Nassau County, NY	0.44% ($62,767)
from Bronx County, NY	0.29% ($41,644)
from Suffolk County, NY	0.17% ($64,885)
from Hudson County, NJ	0.08% ($70,057)
from Westchester County, NY	0.07% ($73,103)

7.22% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($75,444 average adjusted gross income)

0.01% of residents moved to foreign countries ($96 average AGI)

Queens County:	0.01%
New York average:	0.02%

3.99% relocated to other counties in New York ($42,247 average AGI)
3.22% relocated to other states ($33,101 average AGI)

Queens County:	3.22%
New York average:	3.55%

to Nassau County, NY	1.12% ($92,398 average AGI)
to Kings County, NY	0.95% ($53,556)
to New York County, NY	0.58% ($83,220)
to Suffolk County, NY	0.46% ($88,622)
to Bronx County, NY	0.24% ($42,493)
to Hudson County, NJ	0.20% ($92,473)
to Westchester County, NY	0.17% ($114,710)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 13.8
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 10.8

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 6.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 6.6

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2009: 5.1
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2010 to 2021: 4.0

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Queens County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 19%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 13%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 417,026 (94,281 living alone), Female householders: 422,827 (126,895 living alone)

• 363,805 spouses (358,033 opposite-sex spouses), 51,249 unmarried partners, (48,017 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 616,322 children (595,465 natural, 8,002 adopted, 12,855 stepchildren), 52,340 grandchildren, 49,743 brothers or sisters, 86,436 parents, 819 foster children, 86,346 other relatives, 98,635 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 32,481

Size of family households: 199,126 2-persons, 140,942 3-persons, 114,222 4-persons, 56,850 5-persons, 24,501 6-persons, 20,492 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 221,176 1-person, 47,354 2-persons, 10,125 3-persons, 3,482 4-persons, 1,057 5-persons, 395 6-persons, 131 7-or-more-persons.

259,717 married couples with children.
104,770 single-parent households (28,567 men, 76,203 women).

43.9% of residents of Queens speak English at home.
23.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (50% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 20% speak English not well, 8% don't speak English at all).
15.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
15.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (38% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 27% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 22% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $0,000 ($0 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:

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

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

• Year house built in Queens County, New York
• 3,9962020 or later
• 50,0612010 to 2019
• 46,9452000 to 2009
• 25,7191990 to 1999
• 35,8861980 to 1989
• 53,7361970 to 1979
• 112,1091960 to 1969
• 181,5521950 to 1959
• 126,0591940 to 1949
• 275,8501939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Queens County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Queens County, New York
• 7,0261 room
• 11,0332 rooms
• 37,1743 rooms
• 67,5914 rooms
• 74,0255 rooms
• 80,8796 rooms
• 38,6597 rooms
• 24,8548 rooms
• 33,4159+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Queens County, New York
• 38,9321 room
• 37,5752 rooms
• 122,8523 rooms
• 134,3124 rooms
• 77,1345 rooms
• 38,2286 rooms
• 8,5067 rooms
• 2,8818 rooms
• 4,7779+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Queens County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Queens County, New York
• 9,006no bedroom
• 46,3821 bedroom
• 92,4642 bedrooms
• 156,9903 bedrooms
• 49,8424 bedrooms
• 19,9725+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Queens County, New York
• 44,417no bedroom
• 159,4031 bedroom
• 159,3882 bedrooms
• 86,9683 bedrooms
• 11,9744 bedrooms
• 3,0475+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Queens County, New York in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Queens County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 70,639no vehicle
• 166,0761 vehicle
• 97,0932 vehicles
• 30,5393 vehicles
• 8,2134 vehicles
• 2,0965+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Queens County in renter-occupied apartments
• 238,758no vehicle
• 178,0421 vehicle
• 42,2212 vehicles
• 5,1353 vehicles
• 7084 vehicles
• 3335+ vehicles

91.9% of Queens County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 40% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 47% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 1,011,017
• Other state: 134,650
• Northeast: 41,398
• Midwest: 19,656
• South: 51,856
• West: 21,740

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 72,984
• Number of aged recipients: 26,948
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 46,036
• Number of recipients under 18: 5,668
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 28,315
• Number of recipients older than 64: 39,001
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 21,375
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 36,432

Queens County on our top lists:

• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents"
• #3 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations"
• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Orthodox congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #7 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic adherents"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents"
• #8 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #9 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest Nitrogen Dioxide air pollution readings in 2012 (ppm)"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #12 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Other congregations"
• #16 on the list of "Top 101 counties with highest percentage of residents voting for Obama (Democrat) in the 2012 Presidential Election (pop. 50,000+)"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents (pop. 50,000+)"
• #18 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Black Protestant adherents"
• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"
• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Evangelical Protestant congregations"
• #19 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Catholic congregations"
• #20 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the most Mainline Protestant congregations (pop. 50,000+)"