Portrait of the Women in the work force
Almost 605 of the 121 women over 16 were in the work force in 2008.
In 2010 women comprised 50.1 percent of the work force. This was primarily due to the fact that 85% of the people who lost in the 2007-2010 recession were men.
Women are projected to account for 49% of the total labor force growth between now and 2016.
75 percent of employed women worked full time.
The most prevalent occupations were: Secretaries and administrative assistants, Registered nurses, and teachers.
The median weekly earnings of women who were full-time wage earners was $638 or 80 percent of men's $798. The good
news was that among women 16-24 young women earned 91 percent of young men.
Among persons 25 and older 29 percent of women and 30 percent of men had attained a bachelor's degree or higher.
The higher a person'e educaitonal attainment, the more likely they will be a labor force participant.
Only 33 percent of the women with less than a high school diploma were in the labor force while 73% of women with a bachelor's degree of higher were in the labor force.
Finding New Yorkers
The New York Times recently reported on the efforts of the Population Division of New York City Planning Department to find and count all of the residents of New York City.Through aggressive pursuit of electrical bill, building permits, water bills and other means the Population Division ,run by Joseph Salvo,has identified 127,00 apartments that had been missed by the Census Bureau. Some were large buildings with 1400 apartments while many of these were single family houses that had been sub-divided into two or three family homes.They all were the result of the building boom of the last decade in New York City.
This could translate into an additional 200,000 to 300,000 residents of the City. And that will equal more federal and state dollars and is almost one-half of a Congressional District. And this effort is due to Joe Salvo who relentlessly pursues all the possible housing units in New York City.
"It is essential that New York city receive an accurate census count, because the census is statistical reality - a reality that will define us for the next 10 years. If you're missed in the census enumeration, it's like you don't exist" Joe Salvo.
New York City faces several challenges in this census. More than 600,000 immigrants ( legal and undocumented) arrived over the last 10 years. They need to be identified and encouraged to be counted. More than one-third of New Yorkers live in the hard to count districts identified by the Census Bureau. New York also had some of the lowest mail response in the 2000 Census. These districts will be closely monitored in the next month as the 2010 Census forms are mailed and return to the Bureau.
In 2000, New York City topped eight million for the first time since the 1940's... thanks to Joe Salvo's aggressive enumeration efforts. Dr. Salvo expects the city to top 8.4 million people in 2010. This will be almost 45% of the population of New York.
This will have dramatic effect on both the Congressional delegation from New York State and the drawing of the legislative districts of the State. New York City will have be a major actor in both the Congressional delegation and in Albany.
