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- Poverty Statistics
- Unemployment Rate
- Economic Impact on Tourism
- Cost of Living
- Visitors to New York City
- Health Statistics
- Extra Facts
- Unemployment Rate
- Economic Impact on Tourism
- Cost of Living
- Visitors to New York City
- Health Statistics
- Extra Facts
Poverty statistics
New York City's percentage of people living in poverty is rising at an alarming rate. 21.4% of New York's population live in poverty as of 2012. Below are tables expanding the detail of poverty percentages in New York City.
UNemployment rateThe poverty percentages open our eyes to the hardships in New York City, but there is still hope. Unemployment rates are falling below 7%. This is because the increasing available jobs. This was led by the education and health services, which added 32,000 jobs to New York City. Professional business services weren't far behind, adding 20,000 jobs in the past year. This decline of unemployment is the sign of a bright future for New York City.
EConomic impact of tourismThe economically impacts from tourism are very significant to almost every individual living in this tourism icon. Statistics from the New York City government state:
2013 Total visitor spending from New York City tourism in 2013: $38.8 billion Total wages generated by New York City tourism in 2013: $20.6 billion Total NYC jobs supported by visitor spending in 2013: 348,200 Total taxes generated by visitor spending in 2013: $9.7 billion Each New York City household benefited by an average of $1,640 in tax savings as a result of travel and tourism. |
cost of livingSine New York City is in the United States of America, where almost everything is cheaper because of manufacturing, transportation and labor cost. New York City is still a fairly expensive city to live in but the quality of products and services weigh out the high cost. The income for an individual to live comfortably alone is a minimum of $75000.
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visitors to new york city
Health Statistics
INfant mortality ratesAs a first world country wit many health developments, New York City's infant mortality rates are fortunately low.
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Life EXPECTANCYThis graph shows the life expectancy in New York by its five burrows: Queens- Has been above all other burrows at all years, Manhattan- Fast increase, Brooklyn- Fast increase, Staten Island- Steady growth for the past years, Bronx- below all other burrows from a decrease and then heavily increasing between 1996-2002.
There is a birth in New York City every 4.4 minutes. There is a death in New York City every 9.1 minutes. |
Extra Facts
- New York City was home to America's first pizzeria
- New York City has the sixth busiest rapid transit system in the world, but is the most extensive
- New York City has been the setting for over 20,000 films
- New York City has over 6,000 street vendors
- The Federal Reserve Bank on New York’s Wall Street contains about 25 percent of the world’s gold bullion
- Toilet Paper was invented in New York City
- 36% of New York's population were born outside the United States of America
- New York City has over 20,000 street vendors
- It takes 75,000 trees to print a Sunday edition of the New York Times
- New York City has the largest Chinese population of any city outside of Asia
- Phantom of the Opera is currently the longest running show in Broadway history, with over 9100 performances
- Central Park was the first public landscaped park in all of the United States
- The Jewish population in NYC is the largest in the world outside of Israel
- There are tiny shrimp called 'copepods' in NYC’s drinking water
- The Big Apple is a term coined by musicians meaning to play the big time
- 12,000 tons of waste is produced in New York City every day