The Bronx

===Population and housing===
[[File:Bronxpoverty.JPG|thumb|'''Poverty concentrations''' within the Bronx, by Census Tract]]
As of the 2010 Census, there were 1,385,108 people living in the Bronx, a 3.9% increase since 2000.
As of the [[United States Census]]<ref name="GR2">{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=January 31, 2008 |title= Census.gov }}</ref> of 2000, there were 1,332,650 people, 463,212 households, and 314,984 families residing in the borough. The [[population density]] was {{convert|31,709.3|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|inhabitants&nbsp;|inhabitants}}. There were 490,659 housing units at an average density of {{convert|11,674.8|/mi2|/km2}}.<ref name="GR2" /> Census estimates place total population of Bronx county at 1,392,002 as of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Bronx County QuickFacts from the US Census Bureau |url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36005.html |access-date=February 8, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707233637/http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/36/36005.html |archive-date=July 7, 2011 }}</ref>

There were 463,212 households, out of which 38.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 31.4% were married couples living together, 30.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.0% were non-families. 27.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.37.<ref name="GR2" />

The age distribution of the population in the Bronx were as follows: 29.8% under the age of 18, 10.6% from 18 to 24, 30.7% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.1% 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 87.0 males.<ref name="GR2" />