New York City facts

Coordinates: 404011N and 735638 Altitude: 6ft above sea level Total visitors: 50.9 million (40.3 million Domestic and 10.6 international) This is up from 36.2 total in 2000 This pumps US$34.5 billion dollars into the New York economy Each New York household is taxed US$1,350 less because of tourism New York City Area: 301 square miles Central Park is 1.3 square miles Manhattan is 13.4 square miles Population: 8,224,910 Manhattan: 1,601,948 Entertainment industry makes US$7.1 billion and supports 130,000 jobs Less flights are going out of NYC, 1.19 million in 2005 and 1.01 million in 2011 However passengers served has increased, 99.8 million in 2005 and 105.5 million in 2011 There are 5600 buses which take 2.5 million people per day or 784 million people per year places There are also 6282 Subway cars which take 5.3 million people per day and 1.6 billion people per year As well as 13,270 taxies and 252 ferry trips carrying 20 million people yearly Ethnicity makeup: 44% white, 25.5% black, 0.7% Red Indian, 12.7% Asian, 28.6% Spanish 36.8% of these where foreign born 48.5% of these speak a language other than English at home Housing: 3,371,062 housing units Homeownership rate of 32.6% 2.61 people per household Median household income of US$51,270 Business: 944,129 firms 16.4% black owned, 16.3% Asian owned, 15.1% Spanish owned, 32.3% woman owned Manufacture sales; 20,411,572,000 12.5% of the state Merchant wholesaler sales; 147,227,987,000 47% of the state Retail sales; 78,206,482,000 33.9% of the state Accommodation and food service sales; 22,095,094,000 56.4% of the state Central Harlem Murders: 45 2006, 28 2007, 21 2008, 20 2009 Poverty: 35% of Harlem live in poverty, 15% more than the Manhattan average Education: Only 20% of Central Harlem residents have a college graduate, 30% below Manhattan This could be because of high rates of lead poisoning, 11/1000 which damages brains Health: More than a quarter of all Harlem residents are smokers But 73% of them are trying to quit Increase amount of heart related hospitalizations but reduced death rates of cardiovascular Show improving health system or Urban Renewal