Bert Randolph Sugar - The Ultimate Book of New York Lists. Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest City on Earth

From its inception, New York has been a city filled with wonderment. It is a city that expects the best, will never settle for less, and has been called the city that never sleeps. People come from all around the world to try to capture both its essence and its rugged determination. Its a determination based on a belief that, as the song goes, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere.

• With a 2008 estimated population of 8,363,710, New York is the most populous city in the United States, more than twice the size of the second-largest city, Los Angeles.
• About 1 in every 36 people living in the United States resides in New York City.
• New York has the highest population density of any major city in the United States, with over 27,000 people per square mile.
• Over 3 million of New York Citys residents are foreign born; nearly one-quarter arrived in 2000 or later.
• Nearly 2 million New Yorkers are under the age of 18.
• New York City has more people than 39 of the 50 U.S. states.
• New York City comprises over two-fifths of New York States entire population.
• New York City has grown by nearly 1 million people since 1990.
• The 2000 median age in New York City was 34.2 years, about a year lower than the national average.
• Nearly one-third of the population age 25 and over in New York City has a bachelors degree or higher, compared to 28% nationally.
• There are approximately 375,000 more women than men in New York.
• There is a birth in New York City every 4.4 minutes.
• There is a death in New York City every 8.7 minutes.
• Although New York City still receives a substantial number of immigrants, there is a net loss of one migrant every 26.5 minutes.
• The borough of Brooklyn on its own would be the fourth-largest city in the United States. Queens would also rank fourth nationally.
• Approximately two-thirds of dwellings in New York are renter occupied, over twice the national average.
• The average commute for New Yorkers is just under 40 minutes, about 15 minutes longer than the national average.
• New York City has the largest Chinese population of any city outside of Asia.
• More persons of West Indian ancestry live in New York City than in any city outside of the West Indies.
• New York has the largest Puerto Rican population of any city in the world.
• More Dominicans live in New York than in any other city in the world, except for Santo Domingo.
• Over 2.27 million Hispanics reside in New York City, more than any other city in the United States. Were New York Hispanics a city unto themselves, they would rank fourth nationwide.
• The black non-Hispanic population of New York City numbered 1.95 million in 2006, more than double the count in any other U.S. city. Were this group a city in its own right, it would rank fifth nationally.
• Almost half of all New Yorkers speak a language other than English at home.
• An estimated 200 languages are spoken in New York City.

New York City: 8,214,426
Manhattan: 1,611,581
The Bronx: 1,361,473