New York
Top 100 finalists
City Population
New York 8,143,200
Ramapo 112,500
Other cities
City Population
Albany 96,253
Amherst 114,942
Brentwood 55,720
Buffalo 285,058
Cheektowaga 77,785
Clarkstown 85,350
Clay 59,679
Greenburgh 89,942
Hempstead 58,010
Irondequoit 51,903
Levittown 52,577
Mount Vernon 69,884
New Rochelle 74,320
Niagara Falls 53,728
North Hempstead 223,903
Rochester 216,598
Schenectady 61,698
Syracuse 146,404
Tonawanda 59,894
Union 54,827
Utica 57,721
White Plains 55,763
Yonkers 199,611
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New York companies
FORTUNE: Best to work for
Company Best Companies
2006 Rank
Wegmans Food Markets 2
Goldman Sachs Group 26
American Express 37
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FORTUNE 500
Company F500 rank
Citigroup 8
American International Group 9
Intl. Business Machines 10
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Biggest employers
Company Employees
Schlumberger Limited 78,500
China Merchants Bank 17,829
Mw Custom Papers, Llc 17,100
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  Median household income
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in July (°F)
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  % residents with
graduate degrees
Arlington, VA 35.7%
Davis, CA 34.6%
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  % single residents
Bloomington, IN 58.2%
New Brunswick, NJ 54.6%
College Station, TX 54.3%
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  Median age
Jacksonville, NC 22.90
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New Brunswick, NJ 24.16
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