| About Staten
Island - Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of
New York City, located
on an island of the same name on the west side of the
Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. It is coterminous
with Richmond County, the southernmost county of the
State of New York.
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Living in Staten Island
The existence of the borough dates from unification
of New York City in 1898. Until 1975, however, the borough
was known formally as Richmond.
By far the least populated, most ethnically homogeneous,
and most remote borough of New York City, Staten Island
is sometimes the object of humor by residents of the
other boroughs as being somewhat enigmatic and rustically
suburban. Indeed, much of the central and southern sections
of the island were once dominated by farms, primarily
dairy and poultry farms, some of which were still in
existence as recently as the early 1960s. Yet the borough's
steady rise in population since the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows
Bridge has added to a sharp increase in traffic that
plagues the island due to its frequent road construction.
As of the 2000 census2, there are 443,728 people, 156,341
households, and 114,128 families residing in the borough
/ county. The population density is 2,929.6/km²
(7,587.9/mi²). There are 163,993 housing units
at an average density of 1,082.7/km² (2,804.3/mi²).
The racial makeup is 77.60% White, 9.67% Black or African
American, 0.25% Native American, 5.65% Asian, 0.04%
Pacific Islander, 4.14% from other races, and 2.65%
from two or more races. 12.07% of the population are
Hispanic or Latino of any race. 71.3% of the population
are Whites not of Hispanic origins.
Staten Island has developed along suburban lines.
Staten Island has developed along suburban lines.
Some main European ancestries of Staten Island, 2000:
Italian: 44.55 (largest percentage for any
U.S. county.)
Irish : 14.54
German : 7.61
English : 3.37
According to an estimate by the U.S. Census Bureau,
the population increased to 463,314 in 2004.
The vast majority of the island's African American
and Hispanic residents live north of the Staten Island
Expressway, or Interstate 278. In terms of religion,
the population is largely Roman Catholic, and the Catholic
Church exerts strong influence on many aspects of the
island's social and cultural life.
There are 156,341 households out of which 35.8% have
children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0%
are married couples living together, 13.9% have a female
householder with no husband present, and 27.0% are non-families.
23.2% of all households are made up of individuals and
8.4% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age
or older. The average household size is 2.78 and the
average family size is 3.31.
The population is spread out with 25.5% under the age
of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 30.9% from 25 to 44, 23.4%
from 45 to 64, and 11.6% who are 65 years of age or
older. The median age is 36 years. For every 100 females
there are 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and
over, there are 89.6 males.
The median income for a household is $55,039, and the
median income for a family is $64,333. Males have a
median income of $50,081 versus $35,914 for females.
The per capita income for the borough is $23,905. 10.0%
of the population and 7.9% of families are below the
poverty line. Out of the total population, 13.2% of
those under the age of 18 and 9.9% of those 65 and older
are living below the poverty line.
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