Table 2.
Characteristics of New York City (NYC) group and the synthetic control group
| NYC (SE)* | Synthetic control (SE) | |
|---|---|---|
| Race and ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic or Latinx | 29·1% (NA)† | 31·3% (NA) |
| Non-Hispanic Asian | 14·3% (0·1) | 11·6% (0·1) |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 21·7% (0·1) | 20·2% (0·1) |
| Age group | ||
| 16–59 years | 60·5% (0·1) | 61·9% (0·2) |
| ≥60 | 21·1% (0·1) | 18·8% (0·2) |
| Sex | ||
| Male | 47·7% (0·0) | 49·2% (0·1) |
| Female | 52·3% (0·0) | 50·8% (0·1) |
| Educational attainment | ||
| High school graduate or higher | 83·2% (0·2) | 86·4% (0·4) |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 39·2% (0·2) | 39·4% (0·6) |
| Economic attributes | ||
| Median household income‡ | $69 407 (681) | $70 164 (1286) |
| Poverty rate | 16·0% (0·2) | 15·5% (0·5) |
| Unemployment rate | 5·2% (0·1) | 4·2% (0·2) |
| Metropolitan area population | ||
| ≥1 million | 100% (NA)§ | 100% (NA) |
| 500 000–999 999 | 0% (NA) | 0% (NA) |
| Partisanship | ||
| Democratic vote share in 2020 | 77·0% (NA) | 71·8% (NA) |
| Vaccination | ||
| At least one dose as of July 25, 2021 | 72·5% (NA) | 73·2% (NA) |
| Received first dose between June 28, 2021, and July 25, 2021 | 3·4% (NA) | 3·2% (NA) |
Educational attainment is reported for adults aged ≥25 years. Democratic vote share was calculated as the share of all non-third-party votes earned by the Democratic candidate in the 2020 presidential election. Vaccination outcomes were calculated for adults. NA=not applicable.
SEs for NYC for most outcomes were calculated from the margins of error (90% CI) that were reported by the Census Bureau. SEs for the synthetic control group were estimated from the means and margins of error reported for each county and do not account for covariance across counties. SEs for the share of residents aged 16–59 years were estimated from the point estimates and SEs for the share of the population aged ≥16 years and ≥60 years.
No SEs are provided for the percent of the population that are Hispanic because the share was controlled to the official population estimate.
Estimates for median household income are reported with a SE rather than an IQR because the American Community Survey 1-year estimate data tables did not include the 25th percentile and 75th percentile of household income for counties.
Metropolitan area population, 2020 Democratic vote share, and vaccination outcomes were observed without sampling error.