Table 1.

Demographic characteristics of the public housing, low-income, and higher-income populations, New York City, 1990 and 2000

	Public housing N = 116 census blocks		Low-income N = 915 census blocks		Higher-income N = 17,763 census blocks
	1990	2000	1990	2000	1990	2000
Total population	135,139	116,947	346,799	376,627	4,261,845	4,714,595
Households living in residence for 5 or more years (%)a	66	67	57	55	63	58
Age (%)b
0–24 years	48	47	48	47	30	32
25–44 years	26	25	30	29	35	34
45–64 years	17	19	14	16	20	22
65+ years	8	9	7	7	14	12
Percentage living below 1.5 times the federal poverty line (%)a	63	64	66	63	19	23
Race/ethnicity (%)b
Non-Hispanic White	3	2	10	10	56	44
Non-Hispanic Black	51	46	32	30	21	23
Hispanic	45	48	55	55	15	18
Foreign Bornb	12	17	23	29	30	38

^aMean percentage measured at the census block group level

^bMean percentage measured at the census block level