Re: NYers living longer than other Americans - who knew?
On Aug 18, 2007, at 10:02 AM, Yoshie Furuhashi wrote:
Check out NYC’s age structure.
http://osc.state.ny.us/press/releases/apr03/nyceconrep2-03.pdf Recent Trends in the New York City Economy April 2003
Alan G. Hevesi State Comptroller Office of the State Deputy Comptroller for the City of New York Report 1-2004
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Demographic data provided from the supplementary survey show the City’s population increased 0.1 percent in 2001. Over the year, the proportion of the City’s population between the ages of 25 and 64—the years of labor force participation—increased by 1.6 percent, but the population aged from 0 to 24 and 65 and over decreased by 1.9 percent and 0.7 percent, respectively. The share of the working age group was 55.1 percent in 2001, about 3 percent higher than the national average. In addition, the median age in the City was 34.6 years old, 1.1 years younger than the national median.
Four years later, the 2005 ACS reports little difference. Maybe the
dot.com bust drove all the Silicon Alley kids out of town.
Doug