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Total population: 8008278 (All urban)

Houses: 3200912 (3021588 occupied: 912133 owner occupied, 2109455 renter occupied)

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

• 1 room: 19546
• 2 rooms: 41448
• 3 rooms: 114036
• 4 rooms: 132604
• 5 rooms: 156225
• 6 rooms: 184074
• 7 rooms: 98927
• 8 rooms: 64133
• 9 or more rooms: 101140

Rooms in renter-occupied housing units and apartments:

• 1 room: 227013
• 2 rooms: 331998
• 3 rooms: 600206
• 4 rooms: 532352
• 5 rooms: 276507
• 6 rooms: 96037
• 7 rooms: 24426
• 8 rooms: 9133
• 9 or more rooms: 11783

Year house built:

• 1999 to March 2000: 19774
• 1995 to 1998: 51061
• 1990 to 1994: 61106
• 1980 to 1989: 157402
• 1970 to 1979: 276489
• 1960 to 1969: 485725
• 1950 to 1959: 507257
• 1940 to 1949: 490812
• 1939 or earlier: 1151286

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in New York:

• no bedroom: 29512
• 1 bedrooms: 144646
• 2 bedrooms: 239083
• 3 bedrooms: 328792
• 4 bedrooms: 105596
• 5 or more bedrooms: 64504

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units:

• no bedroom: 272966
• 1 bedrooms: 853385
• 2 bedrooms: 676971
• 3 bedrooms: 256559
• 4 bedrooms: 38543
• 5 or more bedrooms: 11031

Vehicles available in New York in owner-occupied houses:

• no vehicle: 255603
• 1 vehicle: 390534
• 2 vehicles: 208013
• 3 vehicles: 44794
• 4 vehicles: 9293
• 5 or more vehicles: 3896

Vehicles available in renter-occupied housing units:

• no vehicle: 1427343
• 1 vehicle: 564631
• 2 vehicles: 97254
• 3 vehicles: 9858
• 4 vehicles: 2110
• 5 or more vehicles: 8259

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in New York, NY:

• Less than $10,000: 460
• $10,000 to $14,999: 498
• $15,000 to $19,999: 913
• $20,000 to $24,999: 1478
• $25,000 to $29,999: 1228
• $30,000 to $34,999: 917
• $35,000 to $39,999: 573
• $40,000 to $49,999: 726
• $50,000 to $59,999: 852
• $60,000 to $69,999: 1070
• $70,000 to $79,999: 1496
• $80,000 to $89,999: 2602
• $90,000 to $99,999: 3527
• $100,000 to $124,999: 13603
• $125,000 to $149,999: 27332
• $150,000 to $174,999: 53199
• $175,000 to $199,999: 65592
• $200,000 to $249,999: 82765
• $250,000 to $299,999: 55510
• $300,000 to $399,999: 43064
• $400,000 to $499,999: 16072
• $500,000 to $749,999: 10538
• $750,000 to $999,999: 3290
• $1,000,000 or more: 4097

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in New York:

• Less than $100: 23356
• $100 to $149: 62623
• $150 to $199: 75404
• $200 to $249: 54341
• $250 to $299: 50391
• $300 to $349: 58188
• $350 to $399: 52834
• $400 to $449: 91957
• $450 to $499: 114938
• $500 to $549: 159356
• $550 to $599: 128469
• $600 to $649: 173795
• $650 to $699: 141978
• $700 to $749: 142341
• $750 to $799: 111395
• $800 to $899: 187313
• $900 to $999: 111329
• $1,000 to $1,249: 140827
• $1,250 to $1,499: 59233
• $1,500 to $1,999: 64426
• $2,000 or more: 62402
• No cash rent: 41642

Household type by relationship
Households: 7826067

• In family households: 6428664 (1080054 male householders, 789755 female householders)

  1160659 spouses, 2427142 children (2314085 natural, 54649 adopted, 58408 stepchildren), 209852 grandchildren, 167109 brothers or sisters, 122757 parents, 252755 other relatives, 218581 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 1397403 (496943 male householders (392434 living alone)), 655725 female householders (569507 living alone)), 244735 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 182211 (75307 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 643707 2-persons, 462220 3-persons, 377634 4-persons, 207235 5-persons, 99608 6-persons, 79405 7-or-more-persons

Size of nonfamily households: 961941 1-person, 158243 2-persons, 22288 3-persons, 6421 4-persons, 2284 5-persons, 895 6-persons, 596 7-or-more-persons

Year of entry for the foreign-born population (2871032 people)

• 1995 to March 2000: 616769
• 1990 to 1994: 607755
• 1985 to 1989: 474961
• 1980 to 1984: 356797
• 1975 to 1979: 214413
• 1970 to 1974: 202935
• 1965 to 1969: 157856
• Before 1965: 239546

Time leaving for work for workers 16 years and over in New York, NY (3192070 people)

• 12:00 a.m. to 4:59 a.m.: 68208
• 5:00 a.m. to 5:29 a.m.: 64264
• 5:30 a.m. to 5:59 a.m.: 75224
• 6:00 a.m. to 6:29 a.m.: 202050
• 6:30 a.m. to 6:59 a.m.: 209071
• 7:00 a.m. to 7:29 a.m.: 436294
• 7:30 a.m. to 7:59 a.m.: 438505
• 8:00 a.m. to 8:29 a.m.: 530791
• 8:30 a.m. to 8:59 a.m.: 269626
• 9:00 a.m. to 9:59 a.m.: 291983
• 10:00 a.m. to 10:59 a.m.: 109362
• 11:00 a.m. to 11:59 a.m.: 45683
• 12:00 p.m. to 3:59 p.m.: 183986
• 4:00 p.m. to 11:59 p.m.: 174872
• Worked at home: 92151

Household income:

• Less than $10,000: 485306
• $10,000 to $14,999: 214421
• $15,000 to $19,999: 176367
• $20,000 to $24,999: 178046
• $25,000 to $29,999: 174531
• $30,000 to $34,999: 172246
• $35,000 to $39,999: 156749
• $40,000 to $44,999: 147132
• $45,000 to $49,999: 126416
• $50,000 to $59,999: 233102
• $60,000 to $74,999: 270620
• $75,000 to $99,999: 273552
• $100,000 to $124,999: 154331
• $125,000 to $149,999: 80222
• $150,000 to $199,999: 75626
• $200,000 or more: 103810

First ancestries reported:

• Other groups: 3695686
• Italian: 625491
• West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 524107
• Irish: 304741
• United States or American: 238385
• Russian: 207840
• Jamaican: 204805
• Polish: 163026
• German: 148220
• Subsaharan African:: 117011
• Haitian: 116122
• Guyanese: 93116
• English: 76787
• Greek: 73741
• African: 72736
• Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 71803
• Arab:: 64144
• Ukrainian: 56564
• West Indian: 48524
• British West Indian: 45109
• Hungarian: 35453
• French (except Basque): 31906
• European: 31538
• Eastern European: 30241
• Barbadian: 25377
• Romanian: 24345
• Albanian: 23859
• Austrian: 21884
• Scottish: 19481
• Israeli: 19342
• Nigerian: 17346
• Egyptian: 16169
• Norwegian: 16077
• Scotch-Irish: 15915
• British: 14008
• Yugoslavian: 13638
• Arab/Arabic: 13555
• Swedish: 12258
• Turkish: 11079
• Brazilian: 10813
• Croatian: 10691
• Dutch: 10263
• Ghanian: 9842
• Syrian: 9610
• Lebanese: 9484
• Armenian: 9211
• Lithuanian: 9003
• Portuguese: 8401
• Iranian: 8005
• Canadian: 7105
• French Canadian: 6813
• Czech: 6486
• Other Subsaharan African: 6317
• Other Arab: 6117
• Czechoslovakian: 6038
• Belizean: 5965
• Afghan: 5266
• Swiss: 5111
• Slovak: 4599
• Moroccan: 4579
• Danish: 4533
• Welsh: 4028
• Bulgarian: 3604
• Palestinian: 2993
• Latvian: 2870
• Maltese: 2798
• Australian: 2725
• Liberian: 2523
• Belgian: 2504
• U.S. Virgin Islander: 2496
• Finnish: 2352
• Serbian: 2278
• Senegalese: 2100
• Ethiopian: 1905
• Northern European: 1878
• Macedonian: 1611
• Scandinavian: 1505
• Slavic: 1428
• Bahamian: 1368
• Cypriot: 1297
• South African: 1290
• Other West Indian: 1122
• Dutch West Indian: 865
• Jordanian: 850
• Sudanese: 834
• Slovene: 818
• Cape Verdean: 809
• Iraqi: 787
• Sierra Leonean: 726
• Estonian: 715
• Celtic: 713
• Bermudan: 551
• Soviet Union: 521
• New Zealander: 503
• Basque: 480
• Icelander: 427
• Acadian/Cajun: 296
• Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 271
• Somalian: 247
• Pennsylvania German: 238
• Alsatian: 202
• Luxemburger: 201
• Kenyan: 136
• Carpatho Rusyn: 128
• Ugandan: 98
• Zimbabwean: 88
• German Russian: 81
• Zairian: 14