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New Canaan, CT vs New York, NY

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- New York is 0% more densely populated than New Canaan.
- People are 31.8% less likely to be married in New York.
- The Median Age is 5.2 years younger in New York.
 New Canaan, CTNew York, NYUnited States
 Population  Unlock8,736,047329,725,481
 Female Population54.8%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population45.2%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock37.338.4
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 Population - 201019,803  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock8,008,278285,036,114
 Population - 199017,864  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock3.1%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now12.6%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock29,083.893.4
 Land Area22.2  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock167.8264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 New Canaan, CTNew York, NYUnited States
 Age 0 to 45.3%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock5.5%6.1%
 Age 10 to 149.3%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.3%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.5%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.0%5.2%
 Age 25 to 344.8%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock13.8%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5416.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock6.3%6.7%
 Age 60 to 647.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock8.7%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.2%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock2.0%1.9%
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 Race
 New Canaan, CTNew York, NYUnited States
 White85.6%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock21.1%12.2%
 Asian6.5%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.2%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock1.0%0.4%
 Two or More Races2.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock28.9%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 New Canaan, CTNew York, NYUnited States
 Married Population62.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock39.9%48.0%
 Married but Separated0.8%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock57.2%50.2%
 Never Married25.5%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock8.1%10.8%
 Widowed4.6%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.632.60
 Households6,917  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock1,929,69080,755,759
     Married couple, w/children46.3%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock34.4%42.9%
 Non Family Households1,534  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock19.1%15.8%
     Single householder, no children7.6%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for New Canaan    3 Reviews

Over 15 years ago

Beautiful town with wonderful people. Great place to raise children, however, it is extremely costly to live  More

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Over 16 years ago

Agreed, cost of living is too high, too many wall streeters (which have a bad rep nowadays), and diversity is almost non-existant, public schools are average/good but  More

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Outside of the other categories, which run very well here; schools are good and competitive, climate is relatively mild, crime is very low, diversity is strong, culture  More

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Reviews for New York    330 Reviews

I'm from the South and the perception I had was that New York was a filthy slum full of sketchy people and crime. I visited it, and it's actually on the other end of the  More

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New York City is crazy Great there are to many things to do and see in NYC for anyone to ever complain about the city other than most Of the population with stacked on  More

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Over 4 years ago

filthy. deplorable. weak character. the people of new york aren't classy, they're not even decent. rude, obnoxious, arrogant, and smug, and to make it all worse there's  More

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