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State Senate District 59, NY

281,742 Population
6.1 square miles 46,174.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 39.3 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$85,607 ±$2,984 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $47,173 ±$209
  • more than double the amount in United States: $41,261 ±$112
$124,970 ±$4,650 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in New York: $81,386 ±$350
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $75,149 ±$152

10.3% ±0.8% (28,406  ±2,141) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,655,662 (±0.1% / ±26,624)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,521,584 (±0.1% / ±259,207)

33.6 minutes ±1.5 (4,472,885  ±125,620) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 33.2 275,523,680 (±0.1 / ±986,828)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.7 3,689,928,200 (±0 / ±7,200,288)

Families

138,347 ±2,429 Number of households
  • New York: 7,604,523 ±13,178
  • United States: 125,736,350 ±198,714
2 ±0 (274,896  ±5,016) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.6 19,400,424
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 2.6 322,994,300

3.6% ±0.6% (3,230  ±558) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.8% 228,348 (±0.1% / ±4,362)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,404 (±0% / ±23,722)

Housing

171,315 ±2,379 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,494,452 ±916
  • United States: 140,943,620 ±3,164

$941,100 ±$43,692 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $384,100 ±$1,487
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,900 ±$221

19.3% ±1% (53,683  ±2,888.6) Moved since previous year
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 10.2% 2,026,056 (±0.1% / ±17,574.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.1% 42,965,005 (±0% / ±,138,498.5)

Social

93.4% ±1.1% (207,771  ±4,503.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 87.6% 12,281,021 (±0.2% / ±31,135.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.1% 202,001,292 (±0.1% / ±266,504)
69.9% ±1.2% (155,482  ±3,900.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 38.8% 5,439,415 (±0.2% / ±20,453)
  • about double the rate in United States: 34.3% 77,751,346 (±0.1% / ±,166,366.8)

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

30.3% ±0.9% (85,357  ±3,044) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 22.6% 4,508,936
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 45,281,072

1.4% ±0.3% (3,331  ±630) Population with veteran status
  • about one-third of the rate in New York: 4% 634,062 (±0% / ±5,837)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.6% 17,038,808 (±0% / ±48,952)
3,331 Total veterans ±630 3,034 Male ±596 297 Female ±137

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