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Homeless Demographics

Indicators New York Erie County Nassau County New York City Suffolk County Westchester County  Populations Total population 19,297,729[1] 913,338[2] 1,306,533[3] 8,274,527[4] 1,453,229[5] 951,325[6] Families 2,117,702[7] 104,865[8] 148,754[9] 855,442[10] 171,595[11] 109,051[12] Children 5,833,030[13] 265,061[14] 441,416[15] 2,528,474[16] 486,449[17] 313,063[18]  Households Average family size 3.30[19] 3.01[20] 3.45[21] 3.49[22] 3.44[23] 3.41[24]  Family Composition One parent (female) 26.25%[25] 28.61%[26] 11.93%[27] 34.00%[28] 13.90%[29] 18.25%[30] One parent (male) 7.00%[31] 7.36%[32] 3.11%[33] 6.97%[34] 6.23%[35] 6.56%[36] Two-parent 66.75%[37] 64.03%[38] 84.96%[39] 59.02%[40] 79.86%[41] 75.19%[42]  Income Median family income $64,602[43] $60,630[44] $104,430[45] $52,871[46] $95,373[47] $99,243[48] Mean family income $89,772[49] $75,794[50] $134,751[51] $82,582[52] $114,185[53] $151,279[54] Fair market rent two-bedroom apartment $1,198[55] $704[56] $1,529[57] $1,318[58] $1,529[59] $1,519[60] Income needed to afford two-bedroom apartment $47,910[61] $28,160[62] $61,160[63] $52,720[64] $61,160[65] $60,760[66]  Employment Unemployed 6.21%[67] 6.54%[68] 4.85%[69] 7.07%[70] 4.56%[71] 5.11%[72]  Families Below Poverty Level Total 15.87%[73] 17.04%[74] 3.73%[75] 22.34%[76] 4.22%[77] 7.51%[78] Children under 5 21.35%[79] 21.49%[80] 5.72%[81] 27.38%[82] 7.06%[83] 11.56%[84] Children 5-17 18.20%[85] 18.63%[86] 3.91%[87] 27.06%[88] 4.85%[89] 7.57%[90]  Education No high school diploma 15.95%[91] 12.02%[92] 10.61%[93] 21.06%[94] 11.02%[95] 12.88%[96] High school and above 84.05%[97] 87.98%[98] 89.39%[99] 78.94%[100] 88.98%[101] 87.12%[102] Bachelor’s degree and above 31.71%[103] 29.24%[104] 40.19%[105] 32.87%[106] 31.81%[107] 44.71%[108] High school dropout rate 5.70%[109] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a  Teen Birth Rate Percent of total births to teens 7.03%[110] 9.20%[111] 3.46%[112] n/a 4.57%[113] 4.90%[114] Birth rate ranking 8[115] 244[116] 16[117] 35[118] 54[119]