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New York County in NY has the highest poverty rate (17.7%) among the 162 counties with at least $70,074 in median household income (New York County in NY is at $75,459).
That is, among those 162 counties that do well on one measure, New York County in NY does least well on a related measure. That 17.7% compares to an average of 7.9% across those 162 counties.
New York County in NY has these related standings among those 162 counties:
Among those 162 counties, it also has the highest deep-poverty rate (8.3%).
That is, among those 162 counties that do well on one measure, New York County in NY does least well on a related measure. That 17.7% compares to an average of 7.9% across those 162 counties.
New York County in NY has these related standings among those 162 counties:
- poverty rate = 17.7% (the highest)
- change, relative to its home state, in the poverty rate = +1.7% (the worst)
Among those 162 counties, it also has the highest deep-poverty rate (8.3%).
exceeded Rockland County in NY (14.7%), Richmond County in NY (14.5%), Boulder County in CO (13.3%), Orange County in CA (12.9%), and Alameda County in CA (12.5%), and 156 others, ending with Falls Church City in VA (3.2%).
- median household income. Higher values are better. Median household income, 2014 (in 2014 dollars). Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
- poverty rate. Lower values are better. Poverty rate for all ages, 2014. Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/atlas-of-rural-and-small-town-america.aspx.
New York County in NY is in New York, is in the East Coast states, high in creative professions, contains a high-density urban area, has decades-long substantial child poverty, got worse or bottomed out on all the obesity and diabetes change metrics (4 of these; each county needs at least 3 with actual values to qualify), is economically non-specialized, saw little change in onshore oil production, saw little change in natural-gas production, is better than the nationwide averages in each of overall obesity, male obesity, female obesity, change over 4 years in overall obesity, change over 4 years in male obesity, and change over 4 years in female obesity, is worse than the nationwide income averages in each of poverty rate, deep-poverty rate, and deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17, is better than the nationwide income averages in each of median household income, per-capita income, and poverty rate for children age 0-17, and is better than the nationwide averages in adults of age 25+ with each of a bachelors degree or higher, less than a bachelors degree, less than an associate degree, no college credits, and no high school diploma or ged.
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Numeric values:
- median household income ($75,459)
- per-capita income ($63,610)
- median rent for a 3-bedroom unit ($2,293)
- median rent for a 1-bedroom unit ($1,548)
- median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit ($1,475)
- proportion of veterans who are male (94.3%)
- change, relative to its home state, in per-capita income (+93.8%)
- residents employed in services (79.9%)
- adults of age 25+ with a bachelors degree or higher (59.3%)
- white non-Hispanic population (48.0%)
- religious adherents (44.00%)
- change in median rent for a 3-bedroom unit over the last decade (+42.0%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than a bachelors degree (40.7%)
- change in median rent for a 0-bedroom (studio/efficiency) unit over the last decade (+38.0%)
- adults of age 25+ with less than an associate degree (37.0%)
- change in median rent for a 1-bedroom unit over the last decade (+34.0%)
- foreign-born population (28.9%)
- adults of age 25+ with no college credits (26.5%)
- Hispanic population (25.5%)
- poverty rate for children age 0-17 (23.5%)
- owner-occupied housing (22.6%)
- Catholics (20.40%)
- poverty rate (17.7%)
- male obesity (14.7%)
- female obesity (14.7%)
- obesity (14.7%)
- adults of age 25+ with no high school diploma or GED (13.7%)
- population age 65 or older (13.5%)
- black non-Hispanic population (12.9%)
- adults of age 65+ living alone (12.8%)
- Caribbean-born population (12.5%)
- female-headed family households (11.5%)
- deep-poverty rate for children age 0-17 (11.5%)
- Asian population (11.2%)
- unemployment rate for veterans (11.0%)
- non-English speaking households (10.7%)
- deep-poverty rate (8.3%)
- residents who have diabetes (6.7%)
- proportion of veterans who are female (5.7%)
- European-born population (5.6%)
- Mainline Protestants (5.60%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net international immigration (+5.2%)
- unemployment rate (4.8%)
- Evangelical Protestants (4.20%)
- multi-racial population (4.0%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 (+3.7%)
- residents employed in manufacturing (3.2%)
- residents employed in government (2.7%)
- residents who are veterans (2.7%)
- Mexican-born population (2.0%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the poverty rate (+1.7%)
- change, relative to its home state, in the net inbound migration rate (+1.0%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of male obesity (+0.9%)
- change in population from 2010-2015 due to net inbound migration (+0.7%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of obesity (+0.7%)
- change over 9 years in the prevalence of diabetes (+0.7%)
- change over 4 years in the prevalence of female obesity (+0.6%)
- Mormons (0.53%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 8 years (+0.5%)
- United Methodists (0.46%)
- Evangelical Lutherans (0.25%)
- Southern Baptists (0.21%)
- Native American non-Hispanic population (0.1%)
- Central or South American-born population (0.1%)
- residents employed in agriculture or other resource-based industries (0.1%)
- African-born population (0.0%)
- Asian-born population (0.0%)
- farmland (0%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among men over women (0.0%)
- difference in obesity prevalence among women over men (0.0%)
- change in unemployment rate over the last 4 years (-3.0%)
- average household size (2.1)
- land area (22.8 sq miles)
- population in 2015 (1,644,518)
- total domestic water use (118.9 Mgal/day)
- total domestic water use per capita (72.30 gallons/day)
- total water usage for all purposes (29.40 Mgal/day)
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