Family Friendly Manhattan

Suburbia in New York City

Any one who has been to Manhattan especially the Upper West Side in the last several years could not help noticing the cavalcade of baby strollers through out the city's broad sidewalks.

According to The NY Times article since 2000 according to census figures, the number of children under age five has increased by more than 32%. Children under 5 account for more than 1 in 20 Manhattan residents.

The analysis shows that Manhattan's 35,000 or so white non-Hispanic toddlers are being raised by parents whose median income was $284,208 a year in 2005, which means they are growing up in wealthier households than similar youngsters in any other large county in the country.

Among white families with toddlers, San Francisco ranked second, with a median income of $150,763, followed by Somerset, N.J. ($136,807); San Jose, Calif. ($134,668); Fairfield, Conn. ($132,427); and Westchester ($122,240).

The data from the NY Times study shows some very interesting demographic shifts.

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