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The Numbers
Population
9,000,000
8,391,881
8,000,000 7,891,957 7,894,862
6,000,000
5,620,048
5,000,000
4,766,883
New York City
4,000,000
Brooklyn
3,437,202
3,000,000
2,560,401 2,738,175 2,602,012 2,567,098
2,000,000 2,018,356 2,230,936
1,634,351
1,000,000 1,166,582
0
1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2009
15 9.5 11.3
8.7
10 5.4 5.2 5.8 4.7 2.6 4.9 5.5 3.8 3.2 3.6 5 4.9 4.3 6.2 6.3
3 3.5
5
0
NYC
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
BROOKLYN
Homeownership, 2009
(by community district)
80% 61%
60% 46%
34% 31% 30% 24% 36% 28% 36% 35% 29% 31%
40% 18% 25% 20% 18% 12% 24% 20%
16%
20%
0%
Poverty
by community district
35% 33%
31%
30% 28% 27% 28% 28%
26%
25% 23% 22%
21% 21%
18% 19% 19%
20% 17%
14% 13%
15% 11% 12% 12%
10%
5%
0%
Foreign Born
by community district
60%
53%
50% 49%
50%
45% 45% 44% 45%
38% 39%
40% 36% 37% 36%
36% 35%
32%
30%
25% 25%
19%
20% 18%
15%
10%
0%
Donations to City Campaigns, 1989–2011
(thousands; top and bottom five ZIP codes)
60.0% 44.4%
44.3%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
2001 2005 2009
Commuting Times Distribution of Income
Share of population in income quinitles,
Less than 10 2008
minutes
7% 4% 23% 23%
10 to 19 minutes 25% 22%
12%
20% 18%
21% 20 to 29 minutes 15%
15%
11%
30 to 44 minutes 10%
45 to 59 minutes 5%
0%
18% 60 to 89 minutes
26%
90 or more
minutes
140,000
120,000
100,000
80,000
60,000
-20,000
-40,000
Selected Causes of Death, 2009
45
40
35
30 HIV disease
25
20 Homicide
15
10 Diabetes mellitus
5
0 Chronic liver disease & cirrhosis
2,500
2,120 2,011
1,974
2,000 1,829 1,836 1,733
1,457 1,364 1,404
1,500 1,323 1,249 1,334 1,264 1,197 1,143
1,106 1,023
899 986 906
1,000 845
581
500
0
Top 20 Languages Other Than Race/Ethnicity
English
(number of speakers, 2009)
2%
White alone
9%
2,786 Black or African
Hindi
37% American alone
20%
3,046 Hispanic or Latino
Japanese
33% Other
Vietnamese 3,238
Serbo-Croatian 3,439
School Completed,
German 4,298
Brooklynites 25 and older
Tagalog 4,752
0 200,000 400,000
Sources: Census Bureau, Furman Center, NYPD, City
Planning, FDIC, Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene,
Campaign Finance Board