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The Airline Industry In Queens County
Area wise, Queens is the biggest County of New York City and second largest in population. On national level Queens is the fourth densely populated County of the US. According to 2014 Census estimate there are 2,321,580 people residing in the Borough. Queens County is the most expanded and second largest economy of the New York City. Immigration has had a strong impact over the Queens economy. Culturally this is the diverse populated borough of New York where around half of the population is consisting of foreign born residents. The airline industry is a major factor of the borough economy and is a main employer in the neighborhoods around JFK and LaGuardia airports. Health care and social assistance employment is also playing important role in Queens’s economy. Queens County has out-performed the Bronx County in health, education, economy and all other socioeconomic sectors. …show more content…
Its population according to data collected by US census bureau’s July 1st 2014 is 1,438,159. Like Queens’s, Bronx population is also consisting of diverse communities with 53.5% Hispanic origin. Bronx average household yearly income is $34,388, less in all the five city boroughs. It is important to mention her that though Bronx is the third most densely populated county in United States but it also falls among the five poorest Congressional District in the US. Health Care and Social Assistance sector are making up of the highest employments sectors of this

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