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State Senate District 59, NY

290,546 Population
6.1 square miles 47,617.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.6 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$90,684 ±$3,051 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $49,520 ±$230
  • more than double the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$128,379 ±$3,964 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $84,578 ±$372
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.3% ±0.8% (29,408  ±2,228) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 13.7% 2,656,674 (±0.1% / ±27,351)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

33.2 minutes ±1.5 (4,347,515  ±136,321) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 32.8 266,142,800 (±0.1 / ±921,890)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

145,029 ±2,644 Number of households
  • New York: 7,668,956 ±12,766
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2 ±0 (283,345  ±5,784) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 19,274,232
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

3.6% ±0.6% (3,281  ±524) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.9% 230,168 (±0.1% / ±4,006)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

175,965 ±2,602 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,539,536 ±1,410
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$953,700 ±$48,653 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $403,000 ±$1,347
  • more than double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

18.6% ±0.9% (53,369  ±2,765.2) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 10.1% 1,981,213 (±0.1% / ±18,773.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

93.8% ±1.2% (215,250  ±4,789.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,297,601 (±0.2% / ±31,621.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
70.8% ±1.3% (162,439  ±4,229.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 39.6% 5,535,503 (±0.2% / ±20,933.1)
  • about double the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

30.5% ±1.1% (88,685  ±3,604) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,499,147
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

1.1% ±0.2% (2,848  ±557) Population with veteran status
  • about one-quarter of the rate in New York: 3.9% 607,728 (±0% / ±6,791)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
2,848 Total veterans ±557 2,579 Male ±539 269 Female ±139

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