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THE LAY OF THE LAND
OUR BOROUGH
Largest geographic borough in New York City
108.53 square miles
2.3 million people, the 2nd-most- populous NYC borough
Would be 4th-largest city in the U.S. if a separate city
91 distinct neighborhoods, the most of any borough
OUR RESIDENTS
20% growth over three decades
Median Age: 37.9
48.5% male, 51.5% female
Median household income: $59,758
30.6% of adults hold college degrees
27.1% of New York City’s population and 11.7% of New York State’s population
40% of working residents commute to Manhattan
A DIVERSE CULTURAL MOSAIC
Citizens from 130 countries, speaking 135 languages
47.5% of the population is foreign-born 28% Latino, 26.7% Asian, 25.3% white,
20.7% African-American
22 official cultural and heritage events
ACCESSIBILITY
Queens has 81 subway stations, serviced by 13 different subway lines
100 bus lines in Queens County
Access to Long Island Railroad, JFK
AirTrain, and the proposed LGA Airtrain FLOURISHING GROWTH
The unemployment rate in Queens has been consistently lower than the citywide average over the past two decades, most-recently 3.6%
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