Use the Census Bureau's web page www.census.gov  to find data for the zip code in which you live.  Add the information to the paper version of the table below.

Student name:__________________________________________________________
 
Variables Nation New York State New York City
      (place)
5 digit zip code
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Race        
Total2 (DP-1) 281,421,906 18,976,457 8,008,278  
White (DP-1) 75.1% 67.9% 44.7%  
Black (DP-1) 12.3 % 15.9% 26.6%  
American Indian/Alaskan (DP-1) 0.9% 0.4% 0.5%  
Asian (DP-1) 3.6 % 5.5% 9.8%  
Pacific Islander (DP-1) 0.1 % 0.0% 0.1%  
Other (DP-1) 5.5 % 7.1% 13.4%  
Hispanic (DP-1) 12.5 % 15.1% 27.0%  
Education             
High school diploma or higher (QT-P20) 80.4 % 79.1% 72.3%  
Bachelors degree or higher (QT-P20) 24.4% 27.4% 27.4%  
Income         
Per capita income (DP-3) $21,587 $23,389 $22,402  
Foreign born representation        
Foreign born (QT-P14) 11.1% 20.4% 35.9 %  
Same-sex household representation        
Unmarried partner households3 (QT-P18) 5,230,703 359,549 148,442  
Same sex4 (QT-P18) 12.6 % 14.1.9% 18.7%  

1For this column, you may legibly hand write your answers. However, your written analysis must be word processed.
2This is the total number of persons in the geographic area designated.
3This total refers only to the specified category (unmarried partner households) within the geographic area.
4This percentage describes which portion of the unmarried partner households are of the same sex.
 

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