NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY

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2023 Population

123,823

0.441% 1-year decline

US Senator

Chuck Schumer

Democratic Party

US Senator

Kirsten Gillibrand

Democratic Party

2023 Median Age

37.7

0.802% 1-year increase

2023 Median Household Income

$94,371

5.36% 1-year growth

2022 Employed Population

67,427

10.4% 1-year decline

About

The 5 largest ethnic groups in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY are Asian (Non-Hispanic) (33.7%), White (Non-Hispanic) (29.6%), Two+ (Hispanic) (13.4%), Other (Hispanic) (8.63%), and White (Hispanic) (7.68%).

None of the households in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

70.8% of the residents in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY are CUNY LaGuardia Community College (2,599 degrees awarded in 2022), Apex Technical School (915 degrees), and New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants (190 degrees).

Most people in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY used public transit to get to work, and the average commute time was 35.3 minutes. The average car ownership in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY was 0 cars per household.

NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY borders NYC-Manhattan Community District 8--Upper East Side & Roosevelt Island PUMA, NY, NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 5 & 6--Midtown, East Midtown, & Flatiron PUMA, NY, NYC-Brooklyn Community District 1--Williamsburg & Greenpoint PUMA, NY, NYC-Queens Community District 1--Astoria & Queensbridge PUMA, NY, NYC-Queens Community District 3--Jackson Heights & East Elmhurst PUMA, NY, NYC-Queens Community District 4--Elmhurst & Corona PUMA, NY, and NYC-Queens Community District 5--Ridgewood, Maspeth, & Middle Village PUMA, NY.

United States New York

Population & Diversity

NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY is home to a population of 124k people, from which 70.8% are citizens. As of 2023, 49.8% of NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY residents were born outside of the country (61.6k people).

In 2023, there were 1.14 times more Asian (Non-Hispanic) residents (41.7k people) in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 36.6k White (Non-Hispanic) and 16.6k Two+ (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

70.8%

2023 Citizenship

70%

2022 Citizenship

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY

Asian (Non-Hispanic)
41.7k ± 3.01k
White (Non-Hispanic)
36.6k ± 1.63k
Two+ (Hispanic)
16.6k ± 2.44k

30.6%

Hispanic Population

37.9k people

30.6% of the people in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY are hispanic (37.9k people).

The following chart shows the 7 races represented in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY as a share of the total population.

Foreign-Born Population

49.8%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

61.6k people

49.9%

2022 Foreign-Born Population

62k people

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
370 ± 143
Gulf War (1990s)
322 ± 176
Gulf War (2001-)
280 ± 127

NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.15 times greater than any other conflict.

Economy

The economy of NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY employs 67.4k people. The largest industries in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY are , and the highest paying industries are Nondepository credit & related activities ($245,831), Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($206,449), and Pharmacies & drug stores ($195,418).

Males in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY have an average income that is 1.01 times higher than the average income of females, which is $86,712. The income inequality in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY (measured using the Gini index) is 0.44, which is lower than than the national average.

Employment

Workforce Diversity

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Men

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The workforce of NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY in 2020 was N/A people, with N/A% woman, and N/A% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY.

With the upper buttons you can see the distribution of the average salary and add a filter by race.

Occupations

67.4k

2022 Value

−10.4%

1 Year decline

± −10.4%

The most common job groups, by number of people living in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY, are . This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

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This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in New York (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

67.4k

2022 Value

−10.4%

1 Year decline

± −10.4%

The most common employment sectors for those who live in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY, are . This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY, though some of these residents may live in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

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Median earning women ± N/A

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($130,208), Information ($121,208), and Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($97,361).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($108,990), Public Administration ($95,450), and Information ($95,156).

Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis

2.74%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.56M people employed in New York. This represents a 2.74% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 19.7%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in New York.

Education

Most students graduating from Universities in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY are Hispanic or Latino (1,606 and 41.9%), followed by Black or African American (828 and 21.6%), Asian (750 and 19.6%), and White (516 and 13.5%).

The largest universities in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY by number of degrees awarded are CUNY LaGuardia Community College (2,599 and NaNk%), Apex Technical School (915 and NaNk%), and New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants (190 and NaNk%).

The most popular majors in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY are General Business Administration & Management (390 and NaNk%), Electrician (308 and NaNk%), and Liberal Arts & Sciences (242 and NaNk%).

Completions

Concentrations

In 2022, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY was N/A with N/A degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

CUNY LaGuardia Community College
2,599 degrees awarded
Apex Technical School
915 degrees awarded
New York School for Medical and Dental Assistants
190 degrees awarded

In 2022, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was CUNY LaGuardia Community College with 2,599 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2022, 2,101 men were awarded degrees from institutions in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY, which is 1.08 times more than the 1,944 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2022 the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was Hispanic or Latino students. These 1,606 degrees mean that there were 1.94 times more degrees awarded to Hispanic or Latino students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 828 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Working Population

Educational Pyramid

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In 2022, NaNM% of men over 25 years of age had not completed any academic degree (no schooling), while NaNM% of women were in the same situation.

This visualization shows the gender distribution of the population according to the academic level reached.

Educational Attainment

Race

The most common educational levels obtained by the working population of NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY in false were N/A.

This visualization illustrates the percentage distribution of the population according to the highest educational level reached. You can filter the data by race by using the selector above.

Housing & Living

People in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY have an average commute time of 35.3 minutes, and they used public transit to get to work. Car ownership in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 0 cars per household.

Housing

Rent vs Own

N/A%

Homeownership

N/A

63.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2023

This chart shows the percentage of owner in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Income by Location

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The following map shows all of the PUMAs in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$94,371

Median Household Income

± $3,709

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Number of Households

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The following chart displays the households in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

Wage Distribution

0.44

2022 Wage GINI in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY

0.434

2021 Wage GINI in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY

In 2022, the income inequality in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY was 0.44 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.3% growth from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY was lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2023

Public Transit (54.9%)
Worked At Home (16.3%)
Drove Alone (14.9%)

In 2023, 54.9% of workers in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY used public transit to get to work, followed by those who worked at home (16.3%) and those who drove alone to work (14.9%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

35.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY have a longer commute time (35.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, N/A% of the workforce in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

0 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY have 0 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.

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The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

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In N/A, N/A had the highest N/A in the nation, at N/A. N/A has the second highest (N/A), followed by N/A (N/A).

The following map shows the N/A by state over multiple years.

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Health

N/A% of the population of NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in New York see 1174 patients per year on average, which represents a 0.508% decrease from the previous year (1180 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1218 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for New York.

1,174 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in New York

Primary care physicians in New York see an average of 1,174 patients per year. This represents a 0.508% decrease from the previous year (1,180 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in New York in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2023, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 18% under 18 years, 26% between 18 and 34 years, 43.4% between 35 and 64 years, and 12.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.4% were men and 50.6% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Employer Coverage

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Medicaid

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Medicare

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Military or VA

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in NYC-Queens Community District 2--Long Island City, Sunnyside, & Woodside PUMA, NY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.