Uraniumfish

Strange and Wonderful NYC Statistics

If you go the the Harper's website and click on the Index page:

http://www.harpers.org/index/

Go ahead and type in "New York City." You will get a list of all statistics related to New York City that have been published in Harper's Index in the last 30+ years. You can then click on "Show Newer First" and have the statistics show up in reverse-chronological order. Endlessly fascinating reading!

http://www.harpers.org/index/?q=New+York+City&r=1

Enjoy!

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ajadedidealist Feb 12, 2010

Percentage of New York City residents it would take to fill every inch of pavement in midtown Manhattan: 6 Department of Transportation (N.Y.C.)/Farouk El-Baz, Boston University/Harper’s research 8/04Maximum voltage New York City’s main post office will deliver to pigeons during the Republican convention: 8,000 Bell Environmental Services, Inc. (Parsippany, N.J.) 5/04 Average percentage of African-American men age 16 to 64 in New York City who were employed each month last year: 52 Community Service Society of New York (N.Y.C.) 4/04 Number of snowballs a New York City man sold on the street one day last December: 10 New York Daily News (N.Y.C.) Profits he reaped: $9.50 Some highlights...

Uraniumfish Feb 12, 2010

I liked this one: 2/08 Minimum number of 9/11 memorials constructed so far in New York City: 700

BroadwayBK Feb 12, 2010

That's actually my favorite part of the magazine...didn't know it was online, though I'm not sure why it never occurred to me. 2/99Number of times since 1994 that the ACLU has sued New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani: 17