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People QuickFacts |
Manhattan |
New York |
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Population, 2003 estimate |
1,564,798 | 19,190,115 |
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Population, percent change, April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2003 |
1.8% | 1.1% |
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Population, 2000 |
1,537,195 | 18,976,457 |
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Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 |
3.3% | 5.5% |
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Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2000 |
4.9% | 6.5% |
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Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2000 |
16.8% | 24.7% |
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Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2000 |
12.2% | 12.9% |
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Female persons, percent, 2000 |
52.5% | 51.8% |
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White persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
54.4% | 67.9% |
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Black or African American persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
17.4% | 15.9% |
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American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.5% | 0.4% |
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Asian persons, percent, 2000 (a) |
9.4% | 5.5% |
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Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2000 (a) |
0.1% | Z |
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Persons reporting some other race, percent, 2000 (a) |
14.1% | 7.1% |
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Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2000 |
4.1% | 3.1% |
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Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000 |
27.2% | 15.1% |
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Living in same house in 1995 and 2000, pct 5 yrs old & over |
56.9% | 61.8% |
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Foreign born persons, percent, 2000 |
29.4% | 20.4% |
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Language other than English spoken at home, pct age 5+, 2000 |
41.9% | 28.0% |
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High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000 |
78.7% | 79.1% |
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Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000 |
49.4% | 27.4% |
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Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000 |
30.5 | 31.7 |
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Housing units, 2000 |
798,144 | 7,679,307 |
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Homeownership rate, 2000 |
20.1% | 53.0% |
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Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000 |
$1,000,0011 | $148,700 |
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Households, 2000 |
738,644 | 7,056,860 |
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Persons per household, 2000 |
2.00 | 2.61 |
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Median household income, 1999 |
$47,030 | $43,393 |
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Per capita money income, 1999 |
$42,922 | $23,389 |
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Persons below poverty, percent, 1999 |
20.0% | 14.6% |
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Business QuickFacts |
Manhattan |
New York |
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Wholesale trade sales, 1997 ($1000) |
151,792,797 | 319,697,562 |
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Retail sales, 1997 ($1000) |
19,502,446 | 139,303,944 |
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Retail sales per capita, 1997 |
$12,652 | $7,678 |
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Accommodation and foodservices sales, 1997 ($1000) |
8,318,219 | 21,680,529 |
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Total number of firms, 1997 |
262,825 | 1,509,829 |
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Minority-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
21.6% | 19.6% |
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Women-owned firms, percent of total, 1997 |
26.6% | 26.1% |
