Back in 2006, the city challenged the U.S. Census Bureau's claim that NYC's population was 8.168 million. The city's stance was that it was closer to 8.2 million - which also means more federal funding. Now, over a year later, the Census Bureau agreed and said that NYC's population is a whopping 8.250,567 - an all-time high! This means the city will get an additional $77 million in federal money by 2010. Mayor Bloomberg......

A follow-up to the Census Bureau's data that most New Yorkers rent: The NY Times crunched the Census data and found that, yes, a "large percentages of residents see more of their income go to their mortgages and rents." The Times has a chart that shows that 31% of Brooklyn homeowners spend more than half their incomes on mortgages while almost 33% of Bronx renters spend more than half their incomes on rent. There's also......

Some new Census Bureau data reveals yet another way New Yorkers are very different from the rest of the country: About 65% of New Yorkers rent their homes, whereas about 67% of Americans own a home. The NY Times notes that the half of renters and one third of mortgage holders nationwide "spent at least 30 percent of their gross income on housing costs, the level many government agencies consider the limit of affordability." Which......

A report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau shows that the minority population has changed significantly in the past seven years. While the overall population of the city has increased about 200,000 between 2000 and 2006, the African-American population is actually on the decline. The city's black population dropped more than 40,000 during the period while the Hispanic and Asian population both increased more than 90,000 during the same period. According to The......

For all you Census-population counting nerds, check out the NY Sun story about the city's challenge to the U.S. Census. Some new Census information says that the population of NYC "grew by a total of 587 people between 2005 and 2006," which the city thinks is a ridiculous understatement. What's the big deal? Well, money, of course, since funding comes on a per capita basis. For the past few years, the Census has been......

For decades East Harlem has been the center of New York's Puerto Rican community. Over the years many Mexican and Dominican immigrants have also made East Harlem their home. Now, as the squeeze of affordable housing gets tighter and tighter in Manhattan, more middle-class professionals are moving to the neighborhood. In a tale almost as old as New York itself, the changes have long-time residents worried about the loss of community. The Times describes......

As the biggest city in the country, different New York City hospitals are claiming babies born in their respective maternity wards are the the 300 millionth American. The NY Post had a graphic of three babies - all coming in at 7:46AM yesterday. There's baby Emanuel Plata born in Elmhurst Hospital. Then there's baby Zoe Emile Hudson at New York Presbyterian Cornell. And teeny Joana Palaguachi, born in Flushing Hospital. Newsday also offers a......

U.S. Census Bureau released data showing how housing costs have grown dramatically, and boy, is it a doozy. The NY Times puts it more eloquently: "The numbers vividly illustrate the impact, often distributed unevenly, of the crushing combination of escalating real estate prices and largely stagnant incomes." Fine time for the data to be released - we can all look at what candiates are saying about affordable housing during election time speeches. Here are some......

After data released this week by the Census Bureau showed how crappy NYC commutes were, Queens College went over the data and came up with some interesting news: The number of mass transit users has grown as well, suggesting that if you're going to have a long commute, why not read a book and not deal with jerky drivers and bad roads. The NY Times reports that Queens College demographers found "tens of thousands of......

The Census Bureau released a new batch of interesting information, this time about the population's commutes. And it turns out the city commutes are the second worst in the nation! New York City commutes are an average of 34.2 minutes, while the country's average is 25 minutes. And the Daily News had the "sorry statistics" for boroughs besides Manhattan (we guess that Manhattan didn't count or had a shorter commute?): "Queens, 41.7 minutes, Staten......

The Census Bureau is releasing data that will show an increase in Asians and Hispanics and a decrease in whites and blacks. Almost 500,000 New York immigrants came after 2000, and NYU's Immigration Studies professor Marcelo Suarez-Orozco explains to the Daily News, "If you dig a little deeper into the numbers, it shows women of Mexican, Dominican and Chinese origin are having babies at a rate much higher than other ethnicities." Other fun fact: NYC......

The Census Bureau just released a study that shows over 200,000 residents left the NYC area between 2000 and 2004. [You can read the PDF here.] The NYC metro area is represented by NYC, Northern NJ and Long Island; Los Angeles lost about 110,000 people and Chicago had a drop of over 60,000. People are heading south (Florida) and west (Nevada, Arizona...Idaho?), though there are increases in Maine and NH as well. Hmm, will this......

The NY Times has a great article about how the Census Bureau found over 160,000 more New Yorkers - including 64,259 that the city governemnt accounted for - to make the NYC population 8,168,338, the highest ever. City officials and other demographers were surprised with the Census Bureau's 2004 figures, which "identified a 4.4 percent population growth in Staten Island and a 2.5 percent increase in the Bronx, but only 1 percent in Manhattan and......

According to the latest U.S. Census data, Manhattan residents have the highest average income in the country - a sweet $73,000. But then when you realize the average is seriously skewed because of all the bankers, lawyers, celebrities, trust fund babies, and the like, and you start thinking, "Damn, when is my ship going to come in?" And then when you factor in the crazy Manhattan housing costs (see Curbed) and other cost of living......

...NYC says, "You're crazy, U.S. Census Bureau!" The U.S. Census released its latest populations estimates yesterday, and New York City lawmakers freaked out. Apparently, NYC saw a decrease, from 8,109,626 to a current (as of July 2004) 8,104,079; though there were population increases in the Bronx and Manhattan, decreases in Brooklyn and Queens led to the net decrease. Any total decrease affects the amount of money the government distributes for housing subsidies and other aid.......

Today's not so shocking news is that New York Region > The Long and Winding Road, to Work: Many Travel 90 Minutes or More, One Way" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/31/nyregion/31commute.html">New Yorkers have the longest commutes in the country, not to mention the fact that many commutes across the boarder are getting longer. Duh: Think urban sprawl into suburban sprawl, developers trying to find places for all Americans to live...people wanting more space for their money (even in......

Reader Elizabeth asked Gothamist if we could get to the bottom of the strange news that Jersey City's singles scene outranked New York City's - Jersey City is 11 and NYC is 18. Alarmed, we got to work. First, it seems that website Sperling's Best Places did a survey with AXE Deodorant, "using 24 distinct criteria including, among others: population density, percentage of singles, frequency of hooking up, dating venues such as coffee shops, bars,......

If you think New York City is too crowded, Gothamist has some bad news for you. The Census Bureau has revised our fair city's population, increasing it by 29,393 people. The new figure stands at 8,115,135, but the good news is that city coffers should gain $15 million over the next five years because of the increase. Okay, that's only $510 per person, but that's better than losing people like DC did, no? The revised......

The Census Bureau released it study, Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2003, yesterday with the headline, "Income Stable, Poverty Up, Numbers of Americans With and Without Health Insurance Rise." Democrats are accusing the Bush administration of releasing the data all at once in August, versus in September as in earlier years, but the NY Times reports that the Census Bureau has published reports at the same time before, adding politics......

The U.S. Census Bureau finds that New York City has the longest commute of all U.S. cities with populations over 250,000: New York: 38.4 minutes Chicago: 32.7 Philadelphia: 30.3 Riverside, CA: 29.8 Baltimore: 29.7 Washington, D.C.: 29.4 San Francisco: 29.2 Oakland, CA: 29.1 Los Angeles: 28.5 Boston: 28.2 They have this nifty chart (above) of how many days that works out to, over a 250-workday year, but there also have a table of commute......

The U.S. Census Bureau doesn't take an average Friday night at a New York bar as evidence enough: The government agency released a report showing that the NY metro area is fifth on the list of the 20 largest metropolitan areas that young college-educated singles (ages 25-39) move to. The report, "Migration of the Young, Single and College-Educated," (PDF) shows San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose area is the top city singles with BA's move to, followed by......

The U.S. Census Bureau confirms what many have suspected: New York has the highest percentages of single men and woman than any other state and most reside in the New York City. The report also finds 86 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women (but report co-author Tavia Simmons does not know if the men are "confirmed bachelors"... no word on "spinsters"). The Daily News speaks to various single New Yorkers to get some texture......

Manhattan real estate proves to be scarily impervious to as the average apartment price has broken the $900,000 mark, to ring in at $916,959 according to Douglas Elliman. That's right, just to make sure everyone knows that living in New York is also part of some crazy experiment in financial derring-do and torture, CNN does the dirty work for us: It would take "an average American family, with an average income of $42,409, according to......

Census bureau figures show that more people left New York (State) than moved in from other states during the 90s. The Post notes that 308,000 moved to Florida - mostly likely retirees. For Newsday, the big headline from the study is the number of New Yorkers going to North Carolina, as the Tar Heel State offers offered great economic growth in the 90s and a welcoming area for retirees. Census Bureau demographer Marc Perry says,......

The tabs took single women to task this weekend: The Post talks about how there are more single women now than ever in New York (especially in 35- to 44-year-old age bracket) and the Daily News suggests that the key for the Democrats in the next presidential election might be single women. The Census Bureau says that of the 3.4 million women in the city, "1.5 million say they are married with a spouse," and......