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Assembly District 79, NY

129,369 Population
2.1 square miles 61,957.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$19,768 ±$1,112 Per capita income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$32,237 ±$3,006 Median household income
  • about two-fifths of the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

39.3% ±3.2% (50,514  ±4,547) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

41 minutes ±1.6 (1,607,815  ±117,248) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

49,689 ±1,605 Number of households
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (123,413  ±4,662) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7% ±1.4% (2,381  ±485) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

51,454 ±1,519 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$336,200 ±$101,035 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.9% ±0.9% (8,762  ±1,218.5) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

67.6% ±2.2% (55,005  ±2,577.2) High school grad or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
14.4% ±1.4% (11,728  ±1,176.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

26.7% ±1.8% (34,590  ±2,609) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

1.5% ±0.3% (1,429  ±317) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,429 Total veterans ±317 1,288 Male ±302 141 Female ±116

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