White Plains is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of New York. With a population of 53,077 people and 18 constituent neighborhoods, White Plains is the 19th largest community in New York.

White Plains is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.21% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, White Plains is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in White Plains who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.82%), management occupations (12.15%), and sales jobs (11.34%).

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

One thing that you will notice about White Plains is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider White Plains a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

In addition to being popular with young singles, White Plains is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

For the size of the city, public transportation in White Plains is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For White Plains, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

White Plains Information and Demographics

The citizens of White Plains are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 41.13% of adults in White Plains have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in White Plains in 2000 was $33,825, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $135,300 for a family of four.

White Plains is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call White Plains home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in White Plains is White, followed by African-American. White Plains also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 23.78% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in White Plains include Italian, Irish, German, Russian, Polish, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of White Plains's cultural character, accounting for 29.34% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in White Plains is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.