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Queens County, New York

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Overview for Queens County, NY
Part of: New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-PA, Metropolitan Area
Part of: New York-Newark-Bridgeport NY-NJ-CT-PA, Combined Statistical Area
Part of: New York-White Plains-Wayne NY-NJ, Metropolitan Division
 
Map of Queens County Queens County is one of about 3,141 counties and county equivalents in the United States. It has 109.2 sq. miles in land area and a population density of 20,527.5 per square mile. In the last three decades of the 1900s its population grew by 12.2%. On the 2000 census form, 93.9% of the population reported only one race, with 20.0% of these reporting African-American. The population of this county is 25.0% Hispanic (of any race). The average household size is 2.81 persons compared to an average family size of 3.39 persons.

In 2005 health care and social assistance was the largest of 20 major sectors. It had an average wage per job of $39,053. Per capita income grew by 8.4% between 1994 and 2004 (adjusted for inflation).

 

People & Income Overview
(By Place of Residence)
Value Industry Overview (2005)
(By Place of Work)
Value
Population (2005) 2,241,600 Covered Employment 478,739
   Growth (%) since 1990 14.9%    Average wage per job $40,687
Households (2000) 782,664 Manufacturing - % all jobs in County 6.6%
Labor Force (persons) (2005) 1,074,559    Average wage per job $43,011
Unemployment Rate (2005) 5.2 Transportation & Warehousing - % all jobs in County 12.5%
Per Capita Personal Income (2004) $31,125    Average wage per job $47,162
Median Household Income (2003) $38,042 Health Care, Social Assist. - % all jobs in County D
Poverty Rate (2003) 15.4    Average wage per job D
H.S. Diploma or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 74.4 Finance and Insurance - % all jobs in County 3.3%
Bachelor's Deg. or More - % of Adults 25+ (2000) 24.3    Average wage per job $75,333

  

 
 

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