NEW YORK Power Point Data

Population: July 2007 est.  =  19,297,729

Population growth 2006-2007 = 0.1%

Population density:  409.5 per sq mi

ethnic distribution

73.6%  white

17.3% black

6.9% asian

0.5% Native American

0.1% Hawaiian/Pacific Islander

1.5% Two or more ethnicities

16.4% Hispanic

Geography

total area = 54,556 sq mi

Land mass = 47,214 sq mi

forested acres = 18.7 mil

Location

Middle Atlantic state bordered by the New England states, Atlantic Ocean, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, Lakes Ontario and Erie and Canada.

Climate

variable; the SE region moderated by the Ocean.

Topography

highest and most rugged mountains in the NE Adirondack upland, St. Lawrence-Champlain lowlands extend from Lake Ontario NE along the Canadian border; Hudson-Mohawk lowlands follows the flows of the rivers N and W 10-30 mi wide; Atlantic coastal plain in the SE; Appalachian highlands, covering half the state westward from the Hudson Valley, include the Catskill Mtns, Finger Lakes, plateau of Erie-Ontario lowlands. 

Economy

Chief Industries

manufacturing, finance, communications, tourism, transportation, services

Chief Manufactured Goods

pharmaceuticals, photographic, chemicals, electronics, automotive parts, toiletries, printing, plastics, apparel.

Chief crops

greenhouse & nursery, apples, corn, hay, cabbage, onions, soybeans, potatoes, snap beans, grapes, squash, pumpkins, tomatoes, wheat, cucumbers, green peas.

Livestock (2007)

1.4 mil cattle/calves

5.6 mil chickens (excl Broilers)

98,000 hogs/pigs

94,000 sheep/lambs

Timber/Lumber (2007)

618 mil board ft

birch, sugar & red maple, basswood, hemlock, pine, oak, ash

Nonfuel minerals

$1.3 bil

stone(crushed), cement(portland), salt, sand & gravel(construction), salt, zinc

Commercial Fishing (2006)

$57.7 mil

Chief Port

New York, Albany, Buffalo

Gross State Product (est 2007)

$1.1 tril

Sales Tax (2008) = 4.0%

Lottery (2006)

Total Sales = $6.8 bil

Total Profits = $2.2 bil

Employment Distribution (est 2007)

17.3% govt

17.3% trade/trans/util

6.1% mfg

18.2% ed/health

13.0% prof/bus svc

8.4% leisure/hosp

8.2% finance

4.1% = construction

4.2% other svc

3.0% info

Unemployment (2007)

4.5%

Mean earner's income (2007)

$47,385

Commercial Banks (2007)  159

deposits = $614.0 bil

Savings Institutions (2007)  80

deposits = $102.2 bil

Federal Government

Federal employees (2007)

64,042

Avg Salary = $68,128

Energy

Electricity Production (2007 kWh)

coal = 1.4 bil

gas = 14.7 bil

hydroelectric = -768.0 mil

petroleum = 4.4 bil