- State:New YorkCounty:Westchester CountyZips:10802,10545,10532,10802,10545,10503,10520,10610,10702,10602,10552,10587,10550,10517,10549,10803,10597,10501,10540,10578,10707,10527,10519,10596,10708,10526,10546,10505,10518,10511,10535,10588,10548,10560,10590,10803,10553,10506,10576,10547,10604,10805,10533,10589,10803,10502,10552,10594,10591,10703,10706,10707,10709,10607,10804,10577,10514,10522,10573,10507,10567,10536,10520,10504,10604,10510,10595,10606,10532,10530,10570,10603,10708,10528,10705,10580,10523,10566,10538,10562,10710,10591,10704,10598,10605,10543,10573,10549,10550,10583,10701,10801,10601Coordinates:41.15154557572081, -73.75338657828976Area total:499.99 sq. mi., 1294.98 sq. km, 319995.52 acresArea land:430.59 sq. mi., 1115.22 sq. km, 275576.96 acresArea water:69.40 sq. mi., 179.76 sq. km, 44418.56 acresEstablished:1683Capital seat:
White Plains
Address: 148 Martine Ave
800 Michaelian Office Building
White Plains, NY 10601-3311
Governing Body: Legislature with 17 board size
Governing Authority: Home Rule
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Westchester County, New York, United States
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- Population:1,004,457; Population change: 5.83% (2010 - 2020)Population density:2,332 persons per square mileHousehold income:$78,858Households:342,713Unemployment rate:8.40% per 477,959 county labor force
- Sales taxes:7.38%Income taxes:6.85%GDP:$72.60 B, gross domestic product (GDP)
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Westchester County's population of New York of 520,947 residents in 1930 has increased 1,93-fold to 1,004,457 residents after 90 years, according to the official 2020 census. U.S. Bureau of the Census beginning in 1900. Data for 1870-1890 are on a de facto or unspecified basis; data for 1900 and later years are resident totals.
Approximately 51.75% female residents and 48.25% male residents live in as of 2020, 58.33% in Westchester County, New York are married and the remaining 41.67% are single population.
As of 2020, 58.33% in Westchester County, New York are married and the remaining 41.67% are single population.
- Housing units:388,963 residential units of which 94.43% share occupied residential units.
35.5 minutes is the average time that residents in Westchester County require for a one-way commute to work. A long commute can have different effects on health. A Gallup poll in the US found that in terms of mental health, long haul commuters are up to 12 percent more likely to experience worry, and ten percent less likely to feel well rested. The Gallup poll also found that of people who commute 61–90 minutes each day, a whopping one third complained of neck and back pain, compared to less than a quarter of people who only spend ten minutes getting to work.
61.59% of the working population which commute to work alone in their car, 9.49% of the working population which commutes to work in a carpool, 20.36% of the population that commutes using mass transit, including bus, light rail, subway, and ferry. 3.86% of the population that has their home as their principal place of work.
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Of the total residential buildings in Westchester County, New York 58.09% are owner-occupied homes, another 37.80% are rented apartments, and the remaining 4.10% are vacant.
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The 67.81% of the population in Westchester County, New York who identify themselves as belonging to a religion are distributed among the following most diverse religions.
Since the 1860s, the two main parties have been the Republican Party (here in 2022 = 35.790%) and the Democratic Party (here in 2022 = 63.390%) of those eligible to vote in Westchester County, New York.
