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

Population (male): 4,112,539

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

Poverty (overall): Percentage of residents living in poverty in 2017: 18.0%

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.

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The first documented visit into New York Harbor by a European was in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine explorer in the service of the French crown. He claimed the area for France and named it Nouvelle Angoulême (New Angoulême). A Spanish expedition led by captain Estêvão Gomes, a Portuguese sailing for Emperor Charles V, arrived in New York Harbor in January 1525 and charted the mouth of the Hudson River, which he named Río de San Antonio (Saint Anthony's River). The Padrón Real of 1527, the first scientific map to show the East Coast of North America continuously, was informed by Gomes' expedition and labeled the northeastern United States as Tierra de Esteban Gómez in his honor.