PORTRAIT OF DISADVANTAGE IN NEW YORK CITY IN 2022
In 2022, 23% of adults in New York City lived in poverty, 29% faced at least one form of material hardship, and 24% experienced health problems; 52% endured one or more of these forms of disadvantage.
Relative to white New Yorkers, all other racial and ethnic groups experienced significantly higher rates of DISADVANTAGE. Asian, Black, and Latino New Yorkers were around twice as likely to live in POVERTY than white New Yorkers. (24%, 23%, and 26%, vs. 13%)
New Yorkers born in another country had higher POVERTY rates and HARDSHIP rates than New Yorkers born in the U.S. (25% vs. 17% and 30% vs. 28%)
New Yorkers born in another country were less likely to experience HEALTH PROBLEMS than New Yorkers born in the U.S. (20% vs. 24%)
26%
24% 23%
24%
non-U.S. born 20%
13%
U.S. born
Black Latino White
Asian
Compared to white New Yorkers, MATERIAL HARDSHIP was more than twice as common among Black New Yorkers and almost three times as common among Latino New Yorkers. (16%, 35%, 42%)
New Yorkers with a high school degree or less faced substantially higher rates of DISADVANTAGE than those with a college degree.
42%
35%
16%
Black Latino
White
POVERTY rates were three times as high among New Yorkers with a high school degree or less relative to those with a college degree (32% vs. 10%) .
Female New Yorkers were more likely than males to face all forms of DISADVANTAGE.
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POVERTY rates for females were 5 percentage points higher than for males (23%, 18%) , the rate of MATERIAL HARDSHIP was 7 percentage points higher (32%, 25%) , and the rate of HEALTH PROBLEMS was 5 percentage points higher (25%, 20%) .
MATERIAL HARDSHIP was also more common among New Yorkers with a high school degree or less than those with a college degree (35% vs. 20%) , as were HEALTH PROBLEMS (32% vs. 14%) .
24 THE STATE OF POVERTY AND DISADVANTAGE IN NEW YORK CITY VOL. 6 Note: Results for subgroups based on three-year average of 2018, 2019, and 2022 data.
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