Queens County, New York

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State Health Department

New York State Department of Health: Corning Tower Building 14th Floor, Albany

Population:

Total Population: 2,229,379
Males: 1,070,000
Females: 1,159,379

Ethnicity:

White: 732,968
Black/African American: 419,902
Hispanic: 556,486
Native American/Eskimo: 5,606
Asian: 392,079
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander: 884
Other: 26,427
2 or more: 95,027

Top 5 Languages spoken at home:

English only (968,415)
Spanish (485,035)
Chinese (103,035)
Korean (57,445)
Italian (44,410)

Top 35 Countries of Origin for Immigrants (pop. > 5000)

Total Reported: 1,028,339

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (73,792)
Guyana (66,918)
Ecuador (66,643)
Colombia (66,192)
Dominican Republic (59,444)
Korea (51,556)
India (48,132)
Jamaica (47,145)
Mexico (37,667)
Philippines (27,628)
Haiti (27,212)
Bangladesh (26,589)
Trinidad and Tobago (26,255)
Italy (24,391)
Poland (21,205)
Greece (20,304)
Peru (18,697)
Pakistan (17,314)
Russia (17,232)
Taiwan (16,260)
El Salvador (15,478)
Hong Kong (12,850)
Romania (11,729)
Ireland (10,082)
Other Caribbean (8,902)
Germany (8,856)
Cuba (8,580)
Guatemala (7,979)
Yugoslavia (7,443)
Brazil (7,208)
Ukraine (6,994)
United Kingdom (6,020)
Honduras (6,019)
Argentina (5,608)
Egypt (5,314)

Top 5 Religions by Adherents:

Catholic Church (644,066)
Jewish Estimate (238,000)
Muslim Estimate (52,038)
Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America (16,959)
American Baptist Churches in the USA (14,695)

Migrant Health Clinics

Disabilities:

Total Reported: 855,032
Sensory: 50,714
Physical: 145,446
Mental: 81,159
Self-care: 61,102
Go outside home: 251,814
Employment: 256,835

Grandparents as caregivers

Grandparents as caregivers: 20,986

Heating fuel:

Total Reported: 782,664
Utility gas: 463,057
Bottled or LP gas: 20,406
Electricity: 42,258
Fuel oil, kerosene: 243,152
Coal or Coke: 402
Wood: 63
Solar Energy: 265
Other fuel: 7,189
No fuel used: 5,872

Vehicles available:

Total Reported: 1,270,429
No vehicle: 483,685
1 or more vehicle: 786,744

Education Attainment:

No School: 41,796
No High School: 128,426
Some High School: 216,959
High School: 418,381
Some College: 249,688
Associate's Degree: 87,380
College Degree: 228,419
Master's Degree: 93,672
Professional Degree: 34,255
Doctoral Degree: 10,526

Household Phones:

Households Reporting: 782,664
Owners with phone: 332,979
Owners without phone: 1,915
Renters with phone: 438,202
Renters without phone: 9,568

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Data Detail

Zip Codes in county:

11004, 11005, 11101, 11102, 11103, 11104, 11105, 11106, 11109, 11120, 11351, 11352, 11354, 11355, 11356, 11357, 11358, 11359, 11360, 11361, 11362, 11363, 11364, 11365, 11366, 11367, 11368, 11369, 11370, 11371, 11372, 11373, 11374, 11375, 11377, 11378, 11379, 11380, 11381, 11385, 11386, 11390, 11405, 11411, 11412, 11413, 11414, 11415, 11416, 11417, 11418, 11419, 11420, 11421, 11422, 11423, 11424, 11425, 11426, 11427, 11428, 11429, 11430, 11431, 11432, 11433, 11434, 11435, 11436, 11439, 11451, 11484, 11499, 11690, 11691, 11692, 11693, 11694, 11695, 11697