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State Senate District 55, NY

318,916 Population
159.1 square miles 2,005 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.7 ±0.5 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$49,931 ±$991 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $50,712 ±$237
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$81,951 ±$1,793 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $85,974 ±$402
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.9% ±0.7% (37,209  ±2,164) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 14% 2,711,742 (±0.2% / ±29,111)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.6 minutes ±0.2 (2,552,090  ±58,748) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in New York: 32.6 258,262,370 (±0.1 / ±834,810)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

139,607 ±1,569 Number of households
  • New York: 7,722,646 ±12,717
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0 (310,346  ±2,170) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,227,424
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±0.6% (3,091  ±417) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.9% 228,276 (±0.1% / ±4,383)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

148,299 ±1,401 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,241 ±652
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$239,200 ±$3,036 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in New York: $423,800 ±$1,627
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12.7% ±0.7% (40,009  ±2,106.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 9.9% 1,939,072 (±0.1% / ±17,964.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.1% ±1.2% (214,870  ±3,291.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 88% 12,332,714 (±0.2% / ±30,517.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
49.1% ±0.9% (113,334  ±2,336.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 40.2% 5,638,631 (±0.1% / ±20,283)
  • about 1.4 times 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

7.5% ±0.5% (23,971  ±1,539) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,526,014
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±0.3% (11,593  ±711) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 3.7% 581,776 (±0% / ±5,645)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
11,593 Total veterans ±711 10,847 Male ±655 746 Female ±177

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