New York, NY Facts, Population, Income, Demographics, Economy

Population (total): Population in 2017: 8,622,698 (100% urban, 0% rural). >Population change since 2000: +7.7%

Population (male): 4,112,539

Population (female): 4,510,159

Cost of Living: March 2019 cost of living index in New York: 162.7 (very high, U.S. average is 100)

Poverty (breakdown): (11.2% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 21.3% for Black residents, 24.2% for Hispanic or Latino residents, 34.0% for American Indian residents, 18.3% for Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander residents, 26.5% for other race residents, 16.9% for two or more races residents)

Sex Offenders: According to our research of New York and other state lists, there were 4,339 registered sex offenders living in New York, New York as of January 18, 2021. The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in New York is 1,968 to 1.The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city is lo

Ancestries: Ancestries: Italian (4.3%), American (3.4%), Jamaican (3.3%), Guyanese (1.9%), Russian (1.8%), Irish (1.7%).

Elevation: 30 feet

Land Area: 303.3 square miles.

Zip Codes: 10001, 10002, 10003, 10004, 10005, 10006, 10007, 10009, 10010, 10011, 10012, 10013, 10014, 10016, 10017, 10018, 10019, 10021, 10022, 10023, 10024, 10025, 10026, 10027, 10028, 10029, 10030, 10031, 10032, 10033, 10034, 10035, 10036, 10037, 10038, 10039, 10040, 10044, 10065, 10069, 10075, 10128, 10162, 10280, 10282, 10301, 10302, 10303, 10304, 10305, 10306, 10307, 10308, 10309, 10310, 10312, 10314, 10451, 10452, 10453, 10454, 10455, 10456, 10457, 10458, 10459, 10460, 10461, 10462, 10463, 10464, 10465, 10466, 10467, 10468, 10469, 10470, 10471, 10472, 10473, 10474, 10475, 11004, 11005, 11101, 11102, 11103, 11104, 11105, 11106, 11109, 11201, 11203, 11204, 11205, 11206, 11207, 11208, 11209, 11210, 11211, 11212, 11213, 11214, 11215, 11216, 11217, 11218, 11219, 11220, 11221, 11222, 11223, 11224, 11225, 11226, 11228, 11229, 11230, 11231, 11232, 11233, 11234, 11235, 11236, 11237, 11238, 11239, 11354, 11355, 11356, 11357, 11358, 11360, 11361, 11362, 11363, 11364, 11365, 11366, 11367, 11368, 11369, 11370, 11372, 11373, 11374, 11375, 11377, 11378, 11379, 11385, 11411, 11412, 11413, 11414, 11415, 11416, 11417, 11418, 11419, 11420, 11421, 11422, 11423, 11426, 11427, 11428, 11429, 11430, 11432, 11433, 11434, 11435, 11436, 11691, 11692, 11693, 11694, 11697

Races:
      White alone - 2,733,369 - 31.7%
      Hispanic - 2,517,429 - 29.2%
      Black alone - 1,879,876 - 21.8%
      Asian alone - 1,241,650 - 14.4%
      Two or more races - 157,293 - 1.8%
      Other race alone - 77,127 - 0.9%
      American Indian alone - 13,835 - 0.2%
      Native Hawaiian and Other
>Pacific Islander alone - 2,119 - 0.02%

In 1609, the English explorer Henry Hudson rediscovered the New York Harbor while searching for the Northwest Passage to the Orient for the Dutch East India Company. He proceeded to sail up what the Dutch would name the North River (now the Hudson River), named first by Hudson as the Mauritius after Maurice, Prince of Orange. Hudson's first mate described the harbor as "a very good Harbour for all windes" and the river as "a mile broad" and "full of fish." Hudson sailed roughly 150 miles (240 km) north, past the site of the present-day New York State capital city of Albany, in the belief that it might be an oceanic tributary before the river became too shallow to continue. He made a ten-day exploration of the area and claimed the region for the Dutch East India Company. In 1614, the area between Cape Cod and Delaware Bay was claimed by the Netherlands and called Nieuw-Nederland (New Netherland).