Demographics of Staten Island
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| Year | Inhabitants |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 67,021 |
| 1910 | 85,969 |
| 1920 | 116,531 |
| 1930 | 158,346 |
| 1940 | 174,441 |
| 1950 | 191,555 |
| 1960 | 221,991 |
| 1970 | 295,443 |
| 1980 | 352,029 |
| 1990 | 378,977 |
| 2000 | 443,728 |
| 2010 | 468,730 |
Richmond County, also known as Staten Island
Staten Island
Staten Island is a borough of New York City, New York, United States, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is separated from New Jersey by the Arthur Kill and the Kill Van Kull, and from the rest of New York by New York Bay...
is a borough
Borough (New York City)
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of New York City
New York City
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, New York
New York
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, United States
United States
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. Staten Island is the least populated of the five boroughs with 468, 730 people but is the third largest in area at 59 sq mi (153 km²).
At the 2010 Census, there were 468,730 people living in Staten Island, which is an increase of 5.6% since the 2000 Census. Staten Island is the only borough in New York City with a non-Hispanic White
Non-Hispanic Whites
Non-Hispanic Whites or White, Not Hispanic or Latino are people in the United States, as defined by the Census Bureau, who are of the White race and are not of Hispanic or Latino origin/ethnicity. Hence the designation is exclusive in the sense that it defines who is not included as opposed to who is...
majority.
Demographics from the 2010 census
According to the 2010 Census, 64.0% of the population was non-Hispanic White, 9.5% non-Hispanic Black or African American, 0.1% non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.4% non-Hispanic Asian, 0.2% from some other race (non-Hispanic) and 17.3% of two or more races (non-Hispanic). 19.8% of Staten Island's population was of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin (they may be of any race).Demographics from the 2009 American community survey
According to the 2009 American Community SurveyAmerican Community Survey
The American Community Survey is an ongoing statistical survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, sent to approximately 250,000 addresses monthly . It regularly gathers information previously contained only in the long form of the decennial census...
conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, Staten Island had a population 491,730, of which 48.7% were males and 51.3% were females. Approximately 6.0% of the population was under five years of age, and 76.9% of the populace was over eighteen years of age. One-eighth (12.5%) of the population was over sixty-five years of age. The median age was 38.4 years.
In terms of race, 98.1% of the population was of one race and 1.9% was of two or more races. The borough's population was 75.7% White (65.8% non-Hispanic White alone), 10.2% Black or African American (9.6% non-Hispanic Black or African American alone), 0.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 7.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, 4.6% from Some other race, and 1.9% from Two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race made up 15.9% of the population.
Whites are the racial majority in Staten Island. Of the borough's 491,000 people, over 372,000 are white, which is over three-quarters (75.7%) of the population. Over 323,000 non-Hispanic whites reside in the borough, and they make up 65.8% of the population. The Caucasian population is largely Italian
Italian American
An Italian American , is an American of Italian ancestry. The designation may also refer to someone possessing Italian and American dual citizenship...
and Irish
Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...
. Sizable communities of Germans
German American
German Americans are citizens of the United States of German ancestry and comprise about 51 million people, or 17% of the U.S. population, the country's largest self-reported ancestral group...
, Russians
Russian American
Russian Americans are primarily Americans who traces their ancestry to Russia. The definition can be applied to recent Russian immigrants to the United States, as well as to settlers of 19th century Russian settlements in northwestern America which includes today's California, Alaska and...
, Albanians
Albanians
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and Poles
Polish American
A Polish American , is a citizen of the United States of Polish descent. There are an estimated 10 million Polish Americans, representing about 3.2% of the population of the United States...
are present. There are over 175,000 Italian Americans living in Staten Island, and they make up over one-third (35.7%) of the population. Roughly 65,000 Irish Americans live in the borough, and they make up over one-eighth (13.2%) of the population. People of German, Russian, and Polish descent make up 5.7, 3.8, and 3.4% of the population, respectively.
Compared to other New York City boroughs, Blacks are a relatively insignificant percentage of Staten Island's residents. Only one out of every ten residents is Black compared to one out of every four residents in New York City overall. Of the borough's 50,000 Black residents, 47,000 are non-Hispanic, which is just under ten percent of the population. In addition, over 7,200 people identified themselves as "Sub-Saharan African" in the survey, which is equal to 1.5% of Staten Island's total population.
American Indians are a very small minority in Staten Island. Of the borough's 491,000 inhabitants, just over 900 are Native American. Overall, indigenous peoples make up only 0.2% of the population. People of mixed white and Native American ancestry & mixed black and Native American ancestry collectively outnumber people who are Native American alone. Over 630 people are of mixed Caucasian and Native American heritage, and over 410 people are of mixed African American and Native American heritage.
Asians are a smaller minority group compared to blacks and Hispanics, but they are visible and growing. Over 36,600 Asians call Staten Island home, and they represent 7.4% of the borough's population. Chinese American
Chinese American
Chinese Americans represent Americans of Chinese descent. Chinese Americans constitute one group of overseas Chinese and also a subgroup of East Asian Americans, which is further a subgroup of Asian Americans...
s and Indian American
Indian American
Indian Americans are Americans whose ancestral roots lie in India. The U.S. Census Bureau popularized the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Indigenous peoples of the Americas who are commonly referred to as American Indians.-The term: Indian:...
s are the two main Asian ethnic groups. Over 12,100 Chinese Americans and 10,000 Indian Americans live in the conurbation. People of Chinese and Indian descent make up 2.5 and 2.0% of the population, respectively. Over 7,700 Filipinos
Filipino American
Filipino Americans are Americans of Filipino ancestry. Filipino Americans, often shortened to "Fil-Ams", or "Pinoy",Filipinos in what is now the United States were first documented in the 16th century, with small settlements beginning in the 18th century...
reside here, making up 1.6% of the population. Staten Island is also home to the nations highest percentages of Sri Lankans. The Little Sri Lanka in the Tompkinsville
Tompkinsville, Staten Island
Tompkinsville is a neighborhood in northeastern Staten Island in New York City in the United States. Though the neighborhood sits on the island's eastern shore, along the waterfront facing Upper New York Bay — between St...
neighborhood of Staten Island is one of the largest Sri Lankan communities outside of the country of Sri Lanka itself.
Hispanics and Latinos are the largest minority group in Staten Island, and they're the second largest group after non-Hispanic whites. Over 78,000 Hispanics and Latinos live in the borough, and they make up 15.9% of the population. Puerto Ricans are the most numerous of the Hispanic subgroups; the borough's 35,600 Puerto Ricans make up 7.2% of its population. In addition, the borough's 15,300 Mexicans
Mexican American
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make up 3.1% of its population; over 1,200 Cubans
Cuban American
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form just 0.3% of Staten Island
's population. In addition, over 26,100 people are of other Hispanic and Latino ethnicities, such as Dominican
Dominican American
A Dominican American is any American who has origins in the Dominican Republic.Immigration records of Dominicans in the United States date from the late 19th century, and New York City has had a Dominican community since the 1930s...
, Salvadoran
Salvadoran American
Salvadorian Americans are citizens or residents of the United States of Salvadoran descent. As of 2010 there are 1.6 million Salvadoran Americans in the United States, the fourth-largest Hispanic community by nation of ancestry.They are also known as the nicknamed Salvi people in the USA,...
, Ecuadorian
Ecuadorian American
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etc.
Approximately 80.0% of the population is native and 20.0% is foreign-born. About 78.2% of the population was born in the United States, and 1.8% was born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or abroad to American parents. The 98,000 foreign-born make up one-fifth of the population. Approximately 34.7% of the foreign-born population was born in Europe, 29.4% was born in Asia, 27.6% was born in Latin America, 7.8% was born in Africa, 0.4% was born in other parts of North America, and 0.1% was born in Oceania.
Approximately 71.4% of the population over five years of age spoke English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
only at home, so 28.6% of the population spoke non-English languages. In addition, 10.1% of the population spoke Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, and 12.1% spoke other Indo-European languages
Indo-European languages
The Indo-European languages are a family of several hundred related languages and dialects, including most major current languages of Europe, the Iranian plateau, and South Asia and also historically predominant in Anatolia...
. Lastly, 4.6% of the populace spoke an Asian language
Languages of Asia
There is a wide variety of languages spoken throughout Asia, comprising a number of families and some unrelated isolates. Many languages have a long tradition of writing.-Central and North Asian languages:*Turkic**Azeri**Kazak**Kyrgyz**Tatar**Turkish...
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Demographics from the 2000 census
The 2000 census, there were 443,728 people, 156,341 households, and 114,052 families residing in the borough / county. The population densityPopulation density
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was 2,929.6/km² (7,587.9/mi²). There were 163,993 housing units at an average density of 1,082.7/km² (2,804.3/mi²). The racial makeup is 77.6% White, 9.7% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 5.7% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 4.1% from other races
Race (United States Census)
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, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 12.1% of the population.
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| 2000 Census United States Census, 2000 The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census... |
Staten Island | NY City | NY State |
| Total population | 443,728 | 8,008,278 | 18,976,457 |
| Population density | 7,587.9/mi² | 26,403/mi² | 402/mi² |
| Median household income (1999) | $55,039 | $38,293 | $43,393 |
| Per capita income | $23,905 | $22,402 | $23,389 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 27% | 27% | 24% |
| Foreign born | 21% | 36% | 20% |
| White | 78% | 44% | 62% |
| Black | 10% | 27% | 16% |
| Hispanic (any race) | 12% | 27% | 14% |
| Asian | 6% | 10% | 6% |
There were 156,341 households out of which 35.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.0% are married couples
Same-sex marriage in New York
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living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.0% were non-families. 23.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 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 were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 93.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.6 males.
The median income for a household is $55,039, and the median income for a family was $64,333. Males had a median income of $50,081 versus $35,914 for females. The per capita income
Per capita income
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for the borough was $23,905. About 7.9% of families and 10.0% of the population were below the poverty line, including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 9.9% of those age 65 or over.
Since the 2000 census, a rather large Russian
Russian American
Russian Americans are primarily Americans who traces their ancestry to Russia. The definition can be applied to recent Russian immigrants to the United States, as well as to settlers of 19th century Russian settlements in northwestern America which includes today's California, Alaska and...
community has been growing in Staten Island, particularly in the South Beach
South Beach, Staten Island
South Beach is the name of a neighborhood located on the East Shore of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, USA. It is situated immediately to the south of the Staten Island side of the Verrazano Narrows Bridge...
and Great Kills area. The vast majority of the borough's African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...
and Hispanic
Hispanic and Latino Americans
Hispanic or Latino Americans are Americans with origins in the Hispanic countries of Latin America or in Spain, and in general all persons in the United States who self-identify as Hispanic or Latino.1990 Census of Population and Housing: A self-designated classification for people whose origins...
residents live north of the Staten Island Expressway, or Interstate 278
Interstate 278
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.
Italian Americans
Staten Island has a higher percentage of Italian AmericanItalian American
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s than any other county in the United States
United States
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, though it comes in 27th place among Italian American communities.
About 35.7% of Staten Island's residents have Italian origin.
Religion
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. The JewishAmerican Jews
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community is large enough that it would be significant in most other parts of the country, but it is slightly less numerous compared to other parts of the New York Metropolitan Area
New York metropolitan area
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.