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