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Population: 8,008,278. Estimated population in July 2024: 8,143,197 (+1.7% change)
Males: 3,794,204 (47.4%), Females: 4,214,074 (52.6%)

Zip codes: 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005, 10006, 10007, 10009, 10010, 10011, 10012, 10013, 10014, 10016, 10017, 10018, 10019, 10020, 10021, 10022, 10023, 10024, 10025, 10026, 10027, 10028, 10029, 10030, 10031, 10032, 10033, 10034, 10035, 10036, 10037, 10038, 10039, 10040, 10041, 10044, 10048, 10069, 10103, 10111, 10112, 10115, 10119, 10128, 10152, 10153, 10154, 10162, 10165, 10167, 10169, 10170, 10171, 10172, 10173, 10177, 10271, 10278, 10279, 10280, 10282.

Demographics

Median resident age: 34.2 years
Median household income: $38,293
Median house value: $211,900

Population by Race

Races in New York:

  • White Non-Hispanic (35.0%)
  • Hispanic (27.0%)
  • Black (26.6%)
  • Other race (13.4%)
  • Two or more races (4.9%)
  • Chinese (4.5%)
  • Asian Indian (2.1%)
  • American Indian (1.1%)
  • Korean (1.1%)
  • Other Asian (1.0%)
  • Filipino (0.7%)

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

Ancestries: Italian (8.7%), West Indian (6.9%), Irish (5.3%), German (3.2%), Russian (3.0%), United States (3.0%).

Elevation: 30 feet

Land area: 303.3 square miles

Map of New York City, New York

Population by Education

For population 25 years and over in New York

  • High school or higher: 72.3%
  • Bachelor’s degree or higher: 27.4%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 11.6%
  • Unemployed: 9.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 40.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in New York city

  • Never married: 37.6%
  • Now married: 43.4%
  • Separated: 4.3%
  • Widowed: 7.0%
  • Divorced: 7.7%

35.9% Foreign born (18.9% Latin America, 8.6% Asia, 7.0% Europe).

Population change in the 1990s: +686,123 (+9.4%).

Hospitals

Hospitals/medical centers in New York:

  • BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER (1ST AVE & 27TH ST)
  • BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER (FIRST AVENUE & 16TH STREET)
  • CABRINI MEDICAL CENTER (227 E 19TH ST)
  • GOLDWATER MEMORIAL HOSP (ROOSEVELT ISLAND)
  • GRACIE SQUARE HOSP (420 EAST 76 ST)
  • HARLEM HOSPITAL CENTER (506 LENOX AVE)
  • HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY (535 E 70TH ST)
  • KIRBY FORENSIC PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (WARD ISLAND)
  • LENOX HILL HOSPITAL (100 E 77TH ST)
  • MANHATTAN EYE EAR THROAT HOSPITAL (210 E 64TH ST)
  • MANHATTAN PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (WARD’S ISLAND)
  • MEMORIAL HOSPITAL FOR CANCER AND ALLIE (1275 YORK AVE)
  • METROPOLITAN HOSPITAL CENTER (1901 1ST AVE)
  • MT SINAI HOSPITAL (ONE GUSTAVE L LEVY PLACE)
  • NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY (310 E 14TH ST)
  • NEW YORK HOSPITAL (525 E 68TH ST)
  • NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE (722 W 168TH ST)
  • NORTH GENERAL HOSPITAL (1879 MADISON AVE)
  • NYU DOWNTOWN HOSPITAL (170 WILLIAM ST)
  • NYU MED CENTER-UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (550 FIRST AVE)
  • ORTHOPAEDIC INSTITUTE (301 E 17TH ST)
  • ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL (1230 YORK AVE)
  • ST CLARES HOSPITAL HEALTH CENTER (415 W 51ST ST)
  • ST LUKES – ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL (1111 AMSTERDAM AVENUET)
  • ST VINCENTS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER (153 W 11TH STREET)
  • TERRENCE CARDINAL COOKE HLTH CARE CTR (1249 FIFTH AVE)

Airports

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to New York:

  • LA GUARDIA (about 6 miles; NEW YORK, NY; Abbreviation: LGA)
  • PORT AUTH-DWNTN-MANHATTAN/WALL ST (about 6 miles; NEW YORK, NY; Abbreviation: JRB)
  • JOHN F KENNEDY INTL (about 12 miles; NEW YORK, NY; Abbreviation: JFK)

Other public-use airports nearest to New York:

  • PAN AM METROPORT (about 4 miles; NEW YORK, NY; Abbreviation: 6N4)
  • NEW YORK SKYPORTS INC (about 4 miles; NEW YORK, NY; Abbreviation: 6N7)
  • EAST 34TH STREET (about 4 miles; NEW YORK, NY; Abbreviation: 6N5)

Amtrak station:
NEW YORK (PENN STA) (7TH AVE. & W. 32ND ST.). Services: ticket office, fully wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, snack bar, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, public transit connection.

Colleges and Universities

Colleges/Universities in New York:

  • NEW YORK UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 30,699; Location: 70 WASHINGTON SQ SOUTH; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.nyu.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK (Full-time enrollment: 18,009; Location: 116 ST AND BROADWAY; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.columbia.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • CUNY HUNTER COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 14,121; Location: 695 PARK AVE; Public; Website: www.hunter.cuny.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • CUNY BERNARD M BARUCH COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 11,938; Location: 17 LEXINGTON AVE; Public; Website: www.baruch.cuny.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • CUNY BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 11,848; Location: 199 CHAMBERS ST; Public; Website: www.bmcc.cuny.edu)
  • CUNY JOHN JAY COLLEGE CRIMINAL JUSTICE (Full-time enrollment: 8,338; Location: 899 TENTH AVE; Public; Website: www.jjay.cuny.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Full-time enrollment: 8,092; Location: 227 W 27TH ST; Public; Website: www.Fitnyc.suny.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • CUNY CITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 7,635; Location: 160 CONVENT AVE; Public; Website: www.ccny.cuny.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • CUNY QUEENSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 7,431; Location: 56TH AVE SPRINGFIELD BLVD; Public; Website: www.Qcc.cuny.edu)
  • TOURO COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 7,056; Location: 27-33 W 23RD ST; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.touro.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • NEW SCHOOL UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 6,366; Location: 66 W 12 ST; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.newschool.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • PACE UNIVERSITY-NEW YORK (Full-time enrollment: 6,194; Location: 1 PACE PLAZA; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.pace.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • YESHIVA UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 5,413; Location: 500 W 185TH ST; Private, not-for-profit; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS (Full-time enrollment: 3,896; Location: 209 E 23RD ST; Private, for-profit; Website: www.schoolofvisualarts.edu; Offers Master’s degree)
  • TECHNICAL CAREER INSTITUTES (Full-time enrollment: 3,830; Location: 320 W 31ST ST; Private, for-profit; Website: www.tciedu.com)
  • TEACHERS COLLEGE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY (Full-time enrollment: 3,371; Location: 525 W 120TH ST; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.tc.columbia.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • CUNY GRADUATE SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY CENTER (Full-time enrollment: 3,266; Location: 365 FIFTH AVE; Public; Website: www.gc.cuny.edu; Offers Doctor’s degree)
  • KATHARINE GIBBS SCHOOL-NEW YORK CITY (Full-time enrollment: 2,394; Location: 50 WEST 40 STREET; Private, for-profit)
  • BARNARD COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 2,253; Location: 3009 BROADWAY; Private, not-for-profit; Website: www.barnard.edu)
  • MARYMOUNT MANHATTAN COLLEGE (Full-time enrollment: 1,984; Location: 221 E 71ST ST; Private, not-for-profit; Website: marymount.mmm.edu)

Biggest public high schools in New York:

  • WASHINGTON IRVING HS (Students: 3,233; Location: 40 IRVING PL; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • STUYVESANT HS (Students: 3,056; Location: 345 CHAMBERS ST; Grades: 08 – 12)
  • MURRY BERGTRAUM HS (Students: 2,901; Location: 411 PEARL ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • NORMAN THOMAS HS (Students: 2,748; Location: 111 E 33RD ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • LOUIS D. BRANDEIS HS (Students: 2,568; Location: 145 W 84TH ST; Grades: 08 – 12)
  • FIORELLO H. LA GUARDIA HS (Students: 2,405; Location: 100 AMSTERDAM AVENUE; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • HS – HUMANITIES (Students: 2,151; Location: 351 W 18TH ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • GRAPHIC COMMUNIC ARTS HS (Students: 2,051; Location: 439 W 49TH ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • FASHION INDUSTRIES HS (Students: 1,750; Location: 225 W 24TH ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
  • MANHATTAN CTR FOR SCI & MATH (Students: 1,698; Location: 260 PLEASANT AVE; Grades: 09 – 12)

Biggest private high schools in New York:

  • HUNTER COLLEGE CAMPUS SCHOOLS (Students: 1,536; Location: 71 E 94TH ST; Grades: PK – 12)
  • DALTON SCHOOL (Students: 1,289; Location: 108 EAST 89TH STREET; Grades: KG – 12)
  • TRINITY SCHOOL (Students: 986; Location: 139 WEST 91ST STREET; Grades: KG – 12)
  • CATHEDRAL HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 983; Location: 350 EAST 56TH STREET; Grades: 9 – 12; Girls only)
  • LYCEE FRANCAIS DE NEW YORK (Students: 960; Location: 3 EAST 95TH STREET; Grades: PK – 12)
  • XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 905; Location: 30 WEST 16TH STREET; Grades: 9 – 12; Boys only)
  • COLUMBIA GRAMMAR-PREP SCHOOL (Students: 758; Location: 5 WEST 93RD STREET; Grades: PK – 12)
  • THE TREVOR DAY SCHOOL (Students: 716; Location: 11 EAST 89TH ST; Grades: PK – 12)
  • BREARLEY SCHOOL (Students: 659; Location: 610 EAST 83RD STREET; Grades: KG – 12; Girls only)
  • FRIENDS SEMINARY (Students: 615; Location: 222 EAST SIXTEENTH ST; Grades: KG – 12)

Biggest public primary/middle schools in New York:

  • JHS 52 INWOOD JHS (Students: 1,825; Location: 650 ACADEMY ST; Grades: 05 – 08)
  • JHS 143 E. ROOSEVELT JHS (Students: 1,770; Location: 511 W 182ND ST; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • IS 218 SALOME UKENA (Students: 1,568; Location: 4600 BROADWAY; Grades: 05 – 08)
  • PS 153 ADAM CLAYTON POWELL SCHOOL (Students: 1,535; Location: 1750 AMSTERDAM AVE; Grades: PK – 05)
  • IS 90 MIRABEL SISTERS SCHOOL (Students: 1,524; Location: 21 JUMEL PL; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • PS 192 JACOB H. SCHIFF SCHOOL (Students: 1,437; Location: 500 W 138TH ST; Grades: PK – 06)
  • PS 189 (Students: 1,378; Location: 2580 AMSTERDAM AVE; Grades: PK – 05)
  • PS 152 DYCKMAN VALLEY SCHOOL (Students: 1,327; Location: 93 NAGLE AVE; Grades: PK – 05)
  • JHS 167 R. F. WAGNER SCHOOL (Students: 1,299; Location: 220 E 76TH ST; Grades: 06 – 08)
  • PS 28 WRIGHT BROTHERS SCHOOL (Students: 1,242; Location: 475 W 155TH ST; Grades: PK – 05)

Biggest private primary/middle schools in New York:

  • ST LUCY’S ACADEMY (Students: 690; Location: 340 EAST 104TH STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • HOLY NAME OF JESUS SCHOOL (Students: 651; Location: 202 WEST 97TH STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • INCARNATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 594; Location: 570 WEST 175TH STREET; Grades: 1 – 8)
  • OUR LADY QUEEN OF ANGELS (Students: 576; Location: 232 EAST 113TH STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • GOOD SHEPHERD ELEM SCHOOL (Students: 535; Location: 620 ISHAM STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • RODEPH SHOLOM SCHOOL (Students: 528; Location: 10 WEST 84TH STREET; Grades: PK – 6)
  • ST PATRICK SCHOOL (Students: 520; Location: 233 MOTT STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ST ELIZABETH SCHOOL (Students: 519; Location: 612 WEST 187TH STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • OUR LADY QUEEN OF MARTYRS (Students: 492; Location: 71 ARDEN STREET; Grades: PK – 8)
  • ST CHARLES BORROMEO SCHOOL (Students: 491; Location: 214 WEST 142ND STREET; Grades: KG – 8)

Libraries

Library in New York:

  • NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $224,068,038; Location: 455 FIFTH AVENUE; 19,080,814 books; 1,600,088 audio materials; 205,074 video materials; 85,124 serial subscriptions)

 

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