Queens is an enormous coastal borough (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,229,379 people and 672 constituent neighborhoods, Queens is the second largest community in New York.

Unlike some boroughs where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Queens is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Queens is a borough of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Queens who work in office and administrative support jobs (18.19%), sales jobs (10.66%), and management occupations (7.31%).

Also of interest is that Queens has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The borough is also nautical, which means that parts of Queens are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.

One downside of living in Queens, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 42.20 minutes every day commuting to work. However, local public transit is widely used. For those who would prefer to avoid driving entirely and leave their car at home, it may be an option to use the transit instead.

Queens is a big city, and with that comes lots of benefits. One benefit is that most big cities have public transit, but Queens really shines when it comes to the extensiveness and use of its public transit system. More than most large American cities, Queens citizens use public transit daily to get to and from work. And while there are transportation options, most people in Queens ride the subway. Whereas in some cities one is destined to sit in traffic every morning to get to work and every evening to get home, in Queens a lot leave their cars at home (if they even choose to own one), and hop a ride on the subway.

Queens Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Queens citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 24.30% of adults in Queens have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Queens in 2000 was $19,222, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $76,888 for a family of four.

Queens is an extremely ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Queens home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Queens is White, followed by African-American. Queens also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 24.96% of the borough's residents. Important ancestries of people in Queens include Italian, Irish, Jamaican, Polish, German, and Guyanese.

In addition, Queens has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (46.13%).

The languages spoken by people in Queens are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Queens is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Other Indic languages.