Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of the Endicott, New York (USA), exposure area and New York State (NYS), excluding New York City (NYC), 1980 and 2000.
| 1980a | 2000b | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Endicott exposure area | NYS excluding NYC | Endicott exposure area | NYS excluding NYC | ||||
| Population (n) | ||||||||
| Total population (n) | 3,540 | 10,486,433 | 3,002 | 10,968,179 | ||||
| TCE exposure area | 2,851 | — | 2,378 | — | ||||
| PCE exposure area | 689 | — | 624 | — | ||||
| Females of reproductive age (n) | 765 | 2,497,016 | 686 | 2,297,231 | ||||
| Race and ethnicity (%) | ||||||||
| White | 97 | 92 | 89 | 85 | ||||
| Black | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | ||||
| Other | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Multiracial | — | — | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Percent Hispanic (%) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||
| Percent minority (%)c | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | ||||
| Economic characteristics | ||||||||
| Median household income | $12,668 | $18,889 | $23,421 | $47,517 | ||||
| Persons below poverty level (%) | 12 | 9 | 24 | 10 | ||||
| aU.S. Census Bureau (1981, 1982). bData from U.S. Census Bureau (2001, 2002). cIncludes Hispanics, African Americans, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans. | ||||||||