NYC CHILDREN & FAMILIES IN 2016 STATISTICS FROM THE U.S. CENSUS BUREAU’S 2016 AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY GEOGRAPHIC DISPARITIES IN CHILD POVERTY In New York City, over 471,000 children are living in poverty. Nearly 38 percent of these children live in the 12 community districts where child poverty is greater than 40 percent. INCOME GAINS CONCENTRATED IN MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN For families with children, median income is up 37% in Manhattan compared to before the recession, and 12% in Brooklyn. WIDENING OF RACIAL/ETHNIC INCOME GAP SINCE RECESSION In 2016, white households had a median income 83% higher than black households, 38% higher than Asian households, and 115% higher than Latino households. This gap has increased since before the recession. While median income for Asian, black, and Latino households is statistically unchanged compared to before the recession, median income for white households is up 6%. New York City By Borough change from 2015 POPULATION DATA Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens Staten Island Total Population 8,537.673 -0.2% 1,455,720 2,629,150 1,643,734 2,333,054 476,015 Children under 18 years 1,799,754 -0.3% 368,321 609,386 240,736 476,409 104,902 % of pop. 21.1% 0.0 25.3% 23.2% 14.6% 20.4% 22.0% Teens 15-17 years 281,253 0.2% 60,278 91,845 34,784 75,686 18,660 % of child pop. 15.6% 0.0 Children 5 to 14 years 963,712 1.0% % of child pop. 53.5% 0.6 Children under 5 years 554,789 -2.6% % of child pop. 30.8% % Male % Female 16.4% 15.1% 14.4% 15.9% 17.8% 200,631 323,228 125,077 255,414 59,362 54.5% 53.0% 52.0% 53.6% 56.6% 107,412 194,313 80,875 145,309 26,880 -0.8 29.2% 31.9% 33.6% 30.5% 25.6% 48.9% -2.1 49.0% 48.9% 49.5% 48.8% 48.6% 51.1% 2.1 51.0% 51.1% 50.5% 51.2% 51.4% % Asian 12.0% 0.1 2.7% 10.7% 9.0% 23.2% 7.4% % Black 25.5% -0.3 33.0% 31.8% 18.7% 18.4% 11.9% % Latino 35.4% 0.2 61.6% 21.9% 36.4% 34.2% 25.7% % White, non-Hispanic 25.5% -0.3 5.6% 34.6% 34.1% 18.9% 51.9% % Foreign Born 8.3% 0.4 10.4% 7.3% 9.6% 8.3% 4.0% % living with 2 parents 55.7% 1.8 37.8% 58.3% 58.8% 61.3% 70.1% % living with single father 4.9% -0.7 7.4% 4.2% 2.8% 5.5% 2.5% % living with single mother 24.0% -2.0 38.5% 21.6% 24.2% 17.6% 15.6% % living with grandparent(s) 10.2% 0.8 11.3% 10.2% 9.6% 10.2% 8.4% % covered by health insurance 98.0% 0.3 98.5% 97.7% 98.8% 97.4% 98.5% % covered by Medicaid 53.3% 1.5 68.6% 57.2% 40.4% 48.0% 31.0% Total Poverty Rate 18.9% -1.1 28.7% 20.6% 17.3% 13.2% 13.2% Child Poverty Rate 26.6% -2.0 40.1% 28.4% 23.1% 17.4% 19.1% % of household with children receiving SNAP 27.5% -1.7 45.2% 31.2% 21.5% 16.7% 12.6% Total Unemployment Rate 6.8% -0.6 10.0% 7.1% 5.5% 6.0% 5.1% Teen (16-19) Unemployment Rate 29.0% -4.6 28.5% 31.7% 22.8% 28.2% 36.9% Youth (20-24) Unemployment Rate 14.0% -1.3 19.7% 14.0% 9.7% 14.1% 7.8% Median Household Income $58,856 5.6% $37,525 $55,150 $77,559 $62,207 $77,197 Median Household Income for Families with Children $57,976 11.8% $36,583 $55,900 $110,711 $64,829 $94,116 Median Contract Rent $1,235 3.0% $1,032 $1,227 $1,586 $1,359 $1,116 Median Rent Burden 31.9% -0.1 34.9% 32.3% 28.1% 33.2% 33.8% % of Households with > 50% Rent Burden 27.7% -0.1 31.9% 29.4% 22.1% 28.6% 29.6% Homeownership Rate 32.0% 0.4 19.3% 29.5% 23.0% 44.1% 70.5% Homeownership Rate for Families with Children 31.7% 0.7 13.3% 30.5% 25.4% 42.6% 70.7% CHARACTERISTICS OF CHILDREN by Gender by Race/Ethnicity ECONOMIC AND HOUSING CONDITIONS Sources & Notes: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, 2015 and 2016. Year-to-year comparisons of dollar amounts use constant 2016 dollars, using the Consumer Price Index Research Series Using Current Methods (CPI-U-RS). The race/ethnicity categories of black and Asian are not disaggregated by Latino ethnicity so double-counting may occur. Changes for data presented as raw numbers are percentage increases or decreases; changes for data presented as percentages are percentage point increases or decreases.