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Queens, New York county QuickFacts

	Queens, New York	United States
Total population	2,229,379	281,421,906
State	New York
County	QUEENS

Queens, New York county Population

	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
Male	1,073,568	48.16%	49.06%
Female	1,155,811	51.84%	50.94%
Median age (years)	35.4		35.3

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	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
18 years and over	1,720,155	77.16%	74.31%
21 years and over	1,635,821	73.38%	69.97%
62 years and over	335,554	15.05%	14.66%
65 years and over	283,042	12.7%	12.43%

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	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
White	982,725	44.08%	75.14%
Black or African American	446,189	20.01%	12.32%
Asian	391,500	17.56%	3.64%
Some other race	272,795	12.24%	5.46%
Two or more races	136,170	6.11%	2.43%

Queens, New York county Housing

	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
Total households	782,664		105,480,101
Family households (families)	537,991	68.74%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	244,673	31.26%	31.94%

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	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
Total housing units	817,250		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	34,586	4.23%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	782,664	95.77%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	334,815	40.97%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	447,849	54.8%	30.77%

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	Queens, New York	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	3,582	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	3,642	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	17,918	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	58,492	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	67,220	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	30,911	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	4,767	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	451	0.57%
Median (dollars)	212,600	119,600

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	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	105,923	13.53%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	221,338	28.28%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	130,694	16.7%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	124,482	15.9%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	96,990	12.39%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	103,237	13.19%	9.65%

Queens, New York county Education

	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	586,090		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	32,116	5.48%	6.47%
Kindergarten	30,060	5.13%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	233,679	39.87%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	126,121	21.52%	21.38%
College or graduate school	164,114	28.0%	22.81%

Queens, New York county Economy

	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
Population 16 years and over	1,775,449		217,168,077
In labor force	1,037,238	58.42%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	1,036,895	58.4%	63.39%
- - Employed	956,784	53.89%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	80,111	4.51%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.7		5.8
- Armed Forces	343	0.02%	0.53%
Not in labor force	738,211	41.58%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	937,679	52.81%	51.66%
In labor force	483,133	27.21%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	483,092	27.21%	29.65%
- - Employed	443,422	24.98%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	157,700	8.88%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	76,898		12,787,501

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	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	782,646		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	86,268	11.02%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	47,850	6.11%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	90,765	11.6%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	94,613	12.09%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	126,663	16.18%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	155,763	19.9%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	85,146	10.88%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	67,315	8.6%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	16,365	2.09%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	11,898	1.52%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	42,439		41,994

	Queens, New York	%, Queens, New York	United States
With earnings	617,421	34.78%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	56,330		56,604
With Social Security income	195,919	11.03%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	11,454		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	41,804	2.35%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,458		6,320
With public assistance income	33,951	1.91%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,968		3,032
With retirement income	114,167	6.43%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	16,760		17,376

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