How many people in your neighborhood get Temporary Cash Assistance welfare from the state? This interactive map shows the percentage of people receiving this form of government assistance.
Data Source: SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES, 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_16_5YR_DP02&src=pt
Medicaid provides health coverage to 6.4 million of New Yorkers, including eligible low-income adults, children, pregnant women, elderly adults and people with disabilities. Regions of state with more local income New Yorkers have a higher Medicaid enrollment, especially New York City and Upstate cities, along with some rural areas. Medicaid is administered by counties, according to state and federal requirements. The program is funded jointly by the state government, county governments, and the federal government.
Data Source: PUBLIC HEALTH INSURANCE STATUS BY SEX BY AGE, 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. https://factfinder.census.gov/
The youngest part of New York State is the many college (SUNY Albany, Alfred, Purchase, Oswego, Fordham, Stoney Brook, etc.) and military (Fort Drum, West Point) census tracts, along the Borough Park and Williamsburg in Brooklyn. Some of the oldest parts of New York at the Adirondack Park, the Western Catskills, and the Western Finger Lakes. Reds and oranges are older median age, while blue and greens are younger median age.
Data Source: 2015 American Community Survey, 5 Year Average, DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES. http://factfinder.census.gov
The Gini index is a measurement of the income distribution of a community’s residents. This number, which ranges between 0 and 1 and is based on residents’ net income, helps define the gap between the rich and the poor, with 0 representing perfect equality (everybody has about the same income) and 1 representing perfect inequality (some are very rich, some are very poor).
| Geography | Estimate; Gini Index |
|---|---|
| Schuyler County, New York | 0.3852 |
| Wyoming County, New York | 0.387 |
| Washington County, New York | 0.3972 |
| Livingston County, New York | 0.3991 |
| Wayne County, New York | 0.4018 |
| Hamilton County, New York | 0.403 |
| Orleans County, New York | 0.4063 |
| Chenango County, New York | 0.4106 |
| Genesee County, New York | 0.4107 |
| Cayuga County, New York | 0.4122 |
| Saratoga County, New York | 0.4126 |
| Lewis County, New York | 0.4136 |
| Jefferson County, New York | 0.4159 |
| Seneca County, New York | 0.4171 |
| Allegany County, New York | 0.4184 |
| Herkimer County, New York | 0.4185 |
| Putnam County, New York | 0.4194 |
| Cattaraugus County, New York | 0.4196 |
| Cortland County, New York | 0.4219 |
| Schoharie County, New York | 0.4222 |
| Essex County, New York | 0.4231 |
| Rensselaer County, New York | 0.4235 |
| Fulton County, New York | 0.4236 |
| Madison County, New York | 0.4236 |
| Suffolk County, New York | 0.4267 |
| Ontario County, New York | 0.4276 |
| Oswego County, New York | 0.428 |
| Delaware County, New York | 0.4284 |
| Dutchess County, New York | 0.4317 |
| Chautauqua County, New York | 0.4323 |
| Orange County, New York | 0.4323 |
| Tioga County, New York | 0.4326 |
| Schenectady County, New York | 0.4327 |
| Warren County, New York | 0.4335 |
| Franklin County, New York | 0.4357 |
| Otsego County, New York | 0.437 |
| Steuben County, New York | 0.4374 |
| Greene County, New York | 0.4375 |
| Clinton County, New York | 0.4385 |
| Niagara County, New York | 0.4391 |
| Yates County, New York | 0.4398 |
| Richmond County, New York | 0.441 |
| Queens County, New York | 0.4457 |
| Oneida County, New York | 0.4462 |
| Montgomery County, New York | 0.4472 |
| Broome County, New York | 0.4484 |
| Rockland County, New York | 0.4496 |
| Albany County, New York | 0.45 |
| Nassau County, New York | 0.4523 |
| Columbia County, New York | 0.4527 |
| Sullivan County, New York | 0.4542 |
| Ulster County, New York | 0.4556 |
| St. Lawrence County, New York | 0.4561 |
| Chemung County, New York | 0.4566 |
| Erie County, New York | 0.457 |
| Onondaga County, New York | 0.4573 |
| Monroe County, New York | 0.4631 |
| Tompkins County, New York | 0.4925 |
| Bronx County, New York | 0.4946 |
| Kings County, New York | 0.5111 |
| Westchester County, New York | 0.5342 |
| New York County, New York | 0.5975 |
People when they reach 80 years old often require more medical services and assistance getting around. This map shows which Census Tracts have percentage of the population over age 80. Areas that are red and orange have a very high percentage that is over 80, while blues and greens have much fewer people over 80, as a percentage of the population.
Data Source: 2015 American Community Survey, 5 Year Average, DP02 SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS IN THE UNITED STATES. http://factfinder.census.gov