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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."

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.

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.

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 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.

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 fourth baby into the mix: Mystique Alyzha Agueda, born at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn. All hospitals are bragging, but Newsday found out some sobering news: Census Bureau spokesman Stephen Buckner says, "These are not actual counts, which makes it impossible to actually identify a 300 milllionth American." Well, all of these babies are number 300 million in our book.

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.

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 workers have stopped driving to their jobs and switched to riding subways, trains, buses and ferries."

The latest figures reinforce just how unusual New York is in its reliance on public transportation. No other American city makes half as much use of mass transit. Of the 6.2 million transit riders in the country, more than 40 percent live in the metropolitan region, which, by the federal government’s definition, includes the city and 18 surrounding counties in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

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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 Island, 41.3, the Bronx, 40.8 and Brooklyn, 39.7." Eep, but what do you expect, when tons of cars and vans and trucks and constructions clog up the streets. While some might say that people should take more public transport, lots of areas aren't serviced by subways and some people need to commute. We just hope the carpooling becomes more popular. And we still wonder if congestion pricing will ever catch on for the city.

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 is still the biggest city in the country (LA has about half as many people). The Daily News also reports that the city will challenge the Census Bureau's estimate that the city has 8.168 million - the city says our population is closer to 8.2 million and high numbers means more federal funding.

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 lead to more US Census versus the city's City Planning office fights over the numbers, as big numbers for NYC may mean more federal dollars (not that our mayor wants all the federal money...). So, as we think about a smaller Big Apple, Gothamist likes to think about Legoland's Miniland NYC. waltermonkey on Flickr has an amazing set of Legoland photographs, with a focus on the MiniNYC, where there is a Freedom Tower, Bronx block party, and Bethesda Fountain recreated in teeny tiny blocks.

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 negligible growth in Brooklyn and Queens for a total citywide population of 8,104,079," because, by Jove, there's been a hell of a housing boom in the city. So, city planners went through records of utilities, property taxes, building permits and more; they did not look at craiglist, though. The increase in NYC's population means more money will be allocated from the federal government to NY State and then the city, but the City Planning population director Joseph Salvo suspects the population is actually more like 8.2 million. This story appealed to the nerd as well as the "the government got it wrong" cynic in us.

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 expenditures (average for two cocktails at midscale bar: $15; movie ticket: $10-12; dinner out, without drink: $20; amount you're putting in your 401K: what's a 401K?; jaunt to a sample sale: $200 - but it would have been $800 retail!; cab ride home: $10; realization you've burned through your discretionary money for the month in a week: priceless), Gothamist realizes we must track down the median salary from this study. And think about panhandling the Wall Street types who have just gotten their bonuses.

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. And the city has had a history of successfully challenging the Census' numbers before. The head of the City Planning office's population division told the NY Times, "Everyone who studies New York's demographics knows you don't get big increases in Staten Island and substantial increases in Bronx and Manhattan, and no increase in Brooklyn and Queens, which lead the city in immigration and new housing," but a Queens College demographer wonders if the Census numbers are "finally reflecting September 11." So, that might mean the population increase many New Yorkers feel today (as evinced by the crazy housing market) will only be reflected in, like, 2009. That sounds about right for a government agency.

Here's the list of the best and worst cities for dating. Another Sperling list: Best and worst cities for driving. And speaking of singles, Gothamist is a promotional partner in Single Nights at the New York Knicks, where people will be speed-dating during the Knicks-Bobcats game this Sunday.

For some reason, this reminds us about The Simpsons episode, The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (4F22), where Bart yells from the Statue of Liberty to a boat full of immigrants that the country is full. New York City is obviously not full, and Gothamist welcomes the newcomers with open arms. Now give us some of that money.

We found this NY1 story about Fulton Fish Market purveyors donating fish to the homeless really great. The fish are all fresh (one purveyor says, "The sea provides so much product sometimes you can’t sell it all"), and they are donated to 12 food pantries in the city. A few different agencies to donate your time or money: City Harvest, New York City Rescue Mission, and NY Cares. You can also find volunteer positions via Volunteer Match.

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 by minutes per day. The rankings do not count the outlying suburbs' commute into the city, which is why places like Dallas and Houston don't make the cut, as well as higher numbers for L.A.

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 L.A., Atlanta, and D.C. Hmm. Maybe the Census Bureau isn't counting Williamsburg as a part of the NY metro area.

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 to the statistics, and the usual reasons seemed to prevail: Career, youthful arrogance (not wanting to compromise/settle), and romantic optimism. Shawn Brzezinski says, "This is a city of millions of people but sometimes it's the loneliest." Sigh, so true.

." Of course, the average is skewed, due to the many trophy apartments in the city that might not sell, like Ian Schrager's CPW folly. It feels very Austin Powers, when people coming to NY say they want to spend $1 million (one meel-yon dollars!) on an apartment and real estate agents will just laugh in their faces.

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, "New York had out-migration to almost every other state except Nebraska and the District of Columbia. New York is really one of those gateway states that receives many, many immigrants from abroad and redistributes the population."

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.