Queens County, New York (NY)

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• • 639,61228.7%Hispanic or Latino
  • 585,74526.3%Asian alone
  • 563,40025.3%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 392,58917.6%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 53,0842.4%Two or more races
  • 37,5011.7%Some other race alone
  • 6,1530.3%American Indian and Alaska Native alone
  • 8220.04%Native Hawaiian and Other
    Pacific Islander alone

Mean price in 2018:

Detached houses: $648,988

Here:	$648,988
State:	$379,096

Townhouses or other attached units: $645,509

Here:	$645,509
State:	$624,442

In 2-unit structures: $684,248

Here:	$684,248
State:	$636,971

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $752,085

Here:	$752,085
State:	$757,649

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $372,724

Here:	$372,724
State:	$872,911

Mobile homes: $383,037

Here:	$383,037
State:	$72,118

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $111,737

Here:	$111,737
State:	$134,608

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

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2018: $4,773 (0.8%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2018: $5,121 (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.

2018 air pollution in Queens County:

Carbon Monoxide: 0.254 ppm (standard limit: 9 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Nitrogen Dioxide: 0.01 ppm (standard limit: 0.053 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (1-hour): 0.026 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM_2.5) Annual: 6.5 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: 82.5%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 33.5%

Number of foreign born residents: 1,085,795 (58.3% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 232,6912010 or later
• 259,8772000 to 2009
• 260,3681990 to 1999
• 310,7221980 to 1989
• 148,1381970 to 1979
• 140,185Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 42.2 minutes

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

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 163,013
• One, attached: 71,163
• Two: 177,611
• 3 or 4: 87,785
• 5 to 9: 51,055
• 10 to 19: 34,323
• 20 to 49: 84,936
• 50 or more: 194,025
• Mobile homes: 1,354
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 544

Housing units in Queens County with a mortgage: 197,820 (4,129 second mortgage, 15,269 home equity loan, 973 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 159,150

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.

4.64% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($51,887 average adjusted gross income)

0.03% of residents moved from foreign countries ($291 average AGI)

Queens County:	0.03%
New York average:	0.05%

3.20% relocated from other counties in New York ($38,305 average AGI)
1.40% relocated from other states ($13,291 average AGI)

Queens County:	1.40%
New York average:	1.80%

from Kings County, NY	1.29% ($46,367 average AGI)
from New York County, NY	0.73% ($75,059)
from Nassau County, NY	0.43% ($60,723)
from Bronx County, NY	0.28% ($36,407)
from Suffolk County, NY	0.18% ($60,961)
from Westchester County, NY	0.08% ($65,255)
from Hudson County, NJ	0.07% ($57,772)

5.83% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($59,826 average adjusted gross income)

0.08% of residents moved to foreign countries ($797 average AGI)

Queens County:	0.08%
New York average:	0.10%

3.31% relocated to other counties in New York ($36,227 average AGI)
2.44% relocated to other states ($22,802 average AGI)

Queens County:	2.44%
New York average:	2.73%

to Kings County, NY	0.91% ($42,137 average AGI)
to Nassau County, NY	0.87% ($88,518)
to New York County, NY	0.56% ($69,612)
to Bronx County, NY	0.31% ($34,544)
to Suffolk County, NY	0.26% ($69,378)
to Hudson County, NJ	0.13% ($72,368)
to Westchester County, NY	0.13% ($102,725)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 15.7
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 13.7
Births per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 13.2

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.7
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 6.9
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2019: 6.3

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 7.6
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.4
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2007 to 2018: 4.2

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:

• In family households: 1,917,332 (286,315 male householders, 253,427 female householders)

  367,051 spouses, 642,652 children (624,199 natural, 7,483 adopted, 10,970 stepchildren), 58,163 grandchildren, 57,105 brothers or sisters, 87,204 parents, 92,532 other relatives, 72,883 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 333,147 (113,212 male householders (82,370 living alone)), 135,156 female householders (110,557 living alone)), 84,779 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 28,427

Size of family households: 189,771 2-persons, 134,536 3-persons, 115,038 4-persons, 57,488 5-persons, 23,774 6-persons, 19,135 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 192,927 1-person, 41,350 2-persons, 9,210 3-persons, 2,854 4-persons, 980 5-persons, 813 6-persons, 234 7-or-more-persons.

281,611 married couples with children.
92,060 single-parent households (18,199 men, 73,861 women).

43.6% of residents of Queens speak English at home.
23.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 22% speak English not well, 7% don't speak English at all).
15.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (56% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 13% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
14.9% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (37% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 26% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
2.1% of residents speak other language at home (67% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% 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
• 11,2782014 or later
• 14,5762010 to 2013
• 32,2362000 to 2009
• 28,2761990 to 1999
• 30,2751980 to 1989
• 48,5541970 to 1979
• 128,3681960 to 1969
• 170,4071950 to 1959
• 134,2711940 to 1949
• 267,5681939 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
• 7,3861 room
• 7,3032 rooms
• 37,4753 rooms
• 63,3594 rooms
• 66,4905 rooms
• 81,6676 rooms
• 36,4437 rooms
• 25,4798 rooms
• 31,3689+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Queens County, New York
• 36,3051 room
• 26,5612 rooms
• 120,8313 rooms
• 128,1884 rooms
• 73,7575 rooms
• 32,5016 rooms
• 8,5447 rooms
• 2,0248 rooms
• 2,4299+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Queens County, New York

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Queens County, New York
• 9,005no bedroom
• 45,0771 bedroom
• 94,0142 bedrooms
• 143,6173 bedrooms
• 44,9224 bedrooms
• 20,3355+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Queens County, New York
• 41,232no bedroom
• 141,4041 bedroom
• 161,7262 bedrooms
• 74,0773 bedrooms
• 10,0774 bedrooms
• 2,6245+ 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
• 68,187no vehicle
• 155,2901 vehicle
• 95,5792 vehicles
• 28,4583 vehicles
• 7,6884 vehicles
• 1,7685+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Queens County in renter-occupied apartments
• 225,129no vehicle
• 159,6741 vehicle
• 39,5662 vehicles
• 5,7253 vehicles
• 6294 vehicles
• 4175+ vehicles

91.6% of Queens County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 39% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 46% lived in New York.

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

• This state: 1,012,718
• Other state: 127,227
• Northeast: 38,510
• Midwest: 17,489
• South: 51,438
• West: 19,790

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+)"