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"County" is such an arbitrary designation by which to look at data like this, precisely because of the outliers. If you are going to compare by arbitrary geofen
by apaprocki 13y ago
"County" is such an arbitrary designation by which to look at data like this, precisely because of the outliers. If you are going to compare by arbitrary geofenced areas, why not go more granular and compare by zip code?[1]
Example outlier: Brooklyn (Kings County, NY) is a single county, but if it were a separate city would be the 3rd largest city in the US. The tax statistics for this gigantic county (by population, not land size) can vary each mile you drive down the road.
[1]: IRS 2008 .csv tax data by zip code (large) http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/08zpall.csv http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-soi/08zpall.csv
[1]: Docs and other formats: http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats-Individual-Income-Tax-Statistics-Free-ZIP-Code-data-(SOI) http://www.irs.gov/uac/SOI-Tax-Stats-Individual-Income-Tax-S...
- dsjoerg 13y agoBrooklyn would be 4th largest city in the US, right behind Chicago. 2010 census Chicago: 2.696M 2010 census Brooklyn: 2.505M Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Brooklyn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Brooklyn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b... I care enormously about this as I was raised in Chicagoland, now live in Brooklyn. Now please, stop misinforming the whole internet.
- apaprocki 13y agoThe entire hypothetical premise is based upon NYC breaking into 5 cities (one per borough), therefore making Brooklyn 3rd largest after LA and Chicago.