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New York
Detail from USA Census 2000

 


Estimate


Lower Bound


Upper Bound

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY

      

Total population

18,395,995

*****

*****

Native

 14,648,027 14,571,606 14,724,448

Born in United States

 14,169,514 14,092,962 14,246,066

State of residence

 12,063,891 11,976,972 12,150,810

Different state

 2,105,623 2,033,762 2,177,484

Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to
American parent(s)

 478,513 452,464 504,562

Foreign born

 3,747,968 3,671,547 3,824,389

Naturalized citizen

 1,739,578 1,691,467 1,787,689

Not a citizen

 2,008,390 1,935,930 2,080,850

Entered 1990 to 2000

 1,505,277 1,440,820 1,569,734

Entered before 1990

 2,242,691 2,188,929 2,296,453
       

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

      

Foreign-born population with region of birth reported

3,747,874

3,671,421

3,824,327

Europe

 823,899 787,746 860,052

Asia

 929,297 892,195 966,399

Africa

 102,772 90,564 114,980

Oceania

 5,884 3,732 8,036

Latin America

 1,818,773 1,759,967 1,877,579

Northern America

 67,249 54,194 80,304
       

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

      

Population 5 years and over

17,144,924

17,116,722

17,173,126

English only

 12,440,299 12,362,505 12,518,093

Language other than English

 4,704,625 4,631,581 4,777,669

Speak English less than "very well"

 2,092,875 2,037,734 2,148,016

Spanish

 2,360,792 2,318,088 2,403,496

Speak English less than "very well"

 1,068,127 1,022,066 1,114,188

Other Indo-European languages

 1,465,141 1,407,881 1,522,401

Speak English less than "very well"

 569,272 540,100 598,444

Asian and Pacific Islander languages

 661,026 625,977 696,075

Speak English less than "very well"

 385,075 357,058 413,092

Other languages

 217,666 187,925 247,407

Speak English less than "very well"

 70,401 55,280 85,522
       

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)

      

Total Population

18,395,995

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*****

Arab

 124,238 98,911 149,566

Czech

 56,329 46,294 66,364

Danish

 32,473 26,244 38,702

Dutch

 282,221 258,251 306,191

English

 1,294,298 1,249,172 1,339,424

French (except Basque)

 672,777 495,504 850,050

French Canadian

 160,101 125,438 194,764

German

 2,141,876 2,048,121 2,235,631

Greek

 163,345 142,004 184,686

Hungarian

 151,212 136,049 166,376

Irish

 2,530,765 2,463,795 2,597,735

Italian

 2,727,534 2,638,031 2,817,037

Lithuanian

 47,357 40,671 54,043

Norwegian

 95,393 83,782 107,004

Polish

 960,601 917,369 1,003,833

Portuguese

 53,002 40,157 65,847

Russian

 516,169 484,296 548,042

Scotch-Irish

 182,891 160,497 205,285

Scottish

 227,016 203,611 250,421

Slovak

 30,763 24,595 36,931

Subsaharan African

 158,296 140,648 175,944

Swedish

 144,145 128,165 160,125

Swiss

 38,234 31,533 44,935

Ukrainian

 139,330 117,788 160,872

United States or American

 688,191 605,892 770,490

Welsh

 104,425 84,945 123,905

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

 723,127 673,685 772,569
       

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from the 2000 Census and 2000 Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.