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.

Another interesting thing about White Plains, despite not being a huge city, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, White Plains is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

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 population of White Plains is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 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.

In addition, White Plains has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (29.34%).

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