Occupation: Legal Occupations by Neighborhood — New York City

Map and ranking of Occupation: Legal Occupations across New York City's 197 neighborhoods. Highest: Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill (9.5%). Lowest: Hunts Point (0%). New York City avg: 2.3%. Data: 2020–2024.
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Occupation: Legal Occupations · all 197 New York City neighborhoods · 2020–24

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2020–2024 5-year ACS estimate.

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New York City citywide · Occupation: Legal Occupations 2.3%
Highest neighborhood Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill: 9.5%
Lowest neighborhood Hunts Point: 0%

Note: Occupation categories follow the Bureau of Labor Statistics Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system. See the full listing of occupations in each category.

Universe: Civilian employed population 16 years and over · Geography: Census Block Group · Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-Year Estimates

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Min 0% 25th pct 1% Median 1% 75th pct 2% Max 10%

Neighborhood ranking: Occupation: Legal Occupations (2020–24) (Part of Management, Business, Science & Arts)

#1 Upper East Side-Carnegie Hill 9.5%+7.2 pts
#2 East Midtown-Turtle Bay 8%+5.7 pts
#3 Brooklyn Heights 7.9%+5.6 pts
#4 Upper West Side (Central) 7.7%+5.5 pts
#5 Financial District-Battery Park City 7.7%+5.4 pts
#6 Midtown-Times Square 7.6%+5.4 pts
#7 Upper East Side-Yorkville 7.6%+5.3 pts
#8 Upper West Side-Lincoln Square 7.5%+5.2 pts
#9 Midtown South-Flatiron-Union Square 7%+4.8 pts
#10 Upper West Side-Manhattan Valley 7%+4.7 pts
#11 Prospect Heights 6.9%+4.6 pts
#12 Tribeca-Civic Center 6.7%+4.4 pts
#13 Park Slope 6.7%+4.4 pts
#14 Upper East Side-Lenox Hill-Roosevelt Island 6.5%+4.3 pts
#15 Long Island City-Hunters Point 6.5%+4.2 pts
#16 Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village 6%+3.7 pts
#17 Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Boerum Hill 5.9%+3.6 pts
#18 Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill-Gowanus-Red Hook 5.5%+3.2 pts
#19 Gramercy 4.6%+2.3 pts
#20 Hell's Kitchen 4.5%+2.2 pts
#21 Fort Greene 4.2%+1.9 pts
#22 Greenwich Village 4.1%+1.9 pts
#23 Williamsburg 4.1%+1.8 pts
#24 Murray Hill-Kips Bay 4.1%+1.8 pts
#25 Clinton Hill 4%+1.7 pts
#26 Chelsea-Hudson Yards 3.9%+1.6 pts
#27 Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills 3.9%+1.6 pts
#28 Riverdale-Spuyten Duyvil 3.7%+1.5 pts
#29 West Village 3.6%+1.4 pts
#30 Windsor Terrace-South Slope 3.6%+1.3 pts
#31 SoHo-Little Italy-Hudson Square 3.5%+1.2 pts
#32 Douglaston-Little Neck 3.4%+1.1 pts
#33 Greenpoint 3.4%+1.1 pts
#34 Harlem (South) 3.1%+0.9 pts
#35 Flatbush (West)-Ditmas Park-Parkville 3.1%+0.8 pts
#36 Crown Heights (North) 2.9%+0.6 pts
#37 Kew Gardens Hills 2.9%+0.6 pts
#38 Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway 2.8%+0.5 pts
#39 Forest Hills 2.8%+0.5 pts
#40 Astoria (Central) 2.7%+0.4 pts
#41 Bay Terrace-Clearview 2.7%+0.4 pts
#42 Bay Ridge 2.6%+0.4 pts
#43 East Village 2.6%+0.4 pts
#44 Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills 2.6%+0.3 pts
#45 Sunset Park (West) 2.5%+0.2 pts
#46 Oakwood-Richmondtown 2.5%+0.2 pts
#47 Whitestone-Beechhurst 2.5%+0.2 pts
#48 St. George-New Brighton 2.5%+0.2 pts
#49 Pelham Parkway-Van Nest 2.4%+0.2 pts
#50 Astoria (East)-Woodside (North) 2.4%+0.1 pts
#51 Lower East Side 2.3%+0 pts
#52 Sunnyside 2.3%+0 pts
#53 Kew Gardens 2.3%-0 pts
#54 Pelham Bay-Country Club-City Island 2.2%-0.1 pts
#55 Prospect Lefferts Gardens-Wingate 2.2%-0.1 pts
#56 Todt Hill-Emerson Hill-Lighthouse Hill-Manor Heights 2.2%-0.1 pts
#57 Wakefield-Woodlawn 2.1%-0.2 pts
#58 Bushwick (West) 2.1%-0.2 pts
#59 Jamaica Estates-Holliswood 2%-0.3 pts
#60 Harlem (North) 2%-0.3 pts
#61 Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel 2%-0.3 pts
#62 East Harlem (North) 2%-0.3 pts
#63 Auburndale 2%-0.3 pts
#64 West New Brighton-Silver Lake-Grymes Hill 2%-0.3 pts
#65 Laurelton 2%-0.3 pts
#66 Crown Heights (South) 1.9%-0.4 pts
#67 Kensington 1.9%-0.4 pts
#68 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West) 1.9%-0.4 pts
#69 Jackson Heights 1.9%-0.4 pts
#70 Morningside Heights 1.8%-0.4 pts
#71 Flatbush 1.8%-0.4 pts
#72 Midwood 1.8%-0.5 pts
#73 Rego Park 1.8%-0.5 pts
#74 Castle Hill-Unionport 1.7%-0.6 pts
#75 Marine Park-Mill Basin-Bergen Beach 1.7%-0.6 pts
#76 Chinatown-Two Bridges 1.6%-0.7 pts
#77 East Flatbush-Remsen Village 1.6%-0.7 pts
#78 Washington Heights (South) 1.6%-0.7 pts
#79 Arden Heights-Rossville 1.6%-0.7 pts
#80 Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing 1.5%-0.8 pts
#81 Queensboro Hill 1.5%-0.8 pts
#82 Great Kills-Eltingville 1.5%-0.8 pts
#83 Bushwick (East) 1.5%-0.8 pts
#84 Madison 1.5%-0.8 pts
#85 Inwood 1.5%-0.8 pts
#86 St. Albans 1.5%-0.8 pts
#87 Glendale 1.5%-0.8 pts
#88 Sheepshead Bay-Manhattan Beach-Gerritsen Beach 1.4%-0.8 pts
#89 Mariner's Harbor-Arlington-Graniteville 1.4%-0.8 pts
#90 Annadale-Huguenot-Prince's Bay-Woodrow 1.4%-0.9 pts
#91 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East) 1.4%-0.9 pts
#92 Coney Island-Sea Gate 1.4%-0.9 pts
#93 Manhattanville-West Harlem 1.4%-0.9 pts
#94 Tottenville-Charleston 1.4%-0.9 pts
#95 East Williamsburg 1.4%-0.9 pts
#96 Washington Heights (North) 1.4%-0.9 pts
#97 Jamaica Hills-Briarwood 1.4%-0.9 pts
#98 Elmhurst 1.3%-1 pts
#99 Old Astoria-Hallets Point 1.3%-1 pts
#100 Brighton Beach 1.2%-1 pts
#101 Rosedale 1.2%-1 pts
#102 Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest 1.2%-1.1 pts
#103 Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village 1.2%-1.1 pts
#104 Concourse-Concourse Village 1.2%-1.1 pts
#105 East Harlem (South) 1.2%-1.1 pts
#106 Throgs Neck-Schuylerville 1.2%-1.1 pts
#107 Bayside 1.2%-1.1 pts
#108 Bath Beach 1.2%-1.1 pts
#109 Woodhaven 1.2%-1.1 pts
#110 College Point 1.1%-1.2 pts
#111 East Flatbush-Farragut 1.1%-1.2 pts
#112 Westerleigh-Castleton Corners 1.1%-1.2 pts
#113 Maspeth 1.1%-1.2 pts
#114 Gravesend (South) 1.1%-1.2 pts
#115 Port Richmond 1.1%-1.2 pts
#116 Baisley Park 1.1%-1.2 pts
#117 Canarsie 1.1%-1.2 pts
#118 Melrose 1.1%-1.2 pts
#119 Morrisania 1.1%-1.2 pts
#120 New Dorp-Midland Beach 1.1%-1.2 pts
#121 Flatlands 1%-1.2 pts
#122 Spring Creek-Starrett City 1%-1.3 pts
#123 Grasmere-Arrochar-South Beach-Dongan Hills 1%-1.3 pts
#124 Cambria Heights 1%-1.3 pts
#125 Far Rockaway-Bayswater 1%-1.3 pts
#126 Mapleton-Midwood (West) 1%-1.3 pts
#127 East Flatbush-Rugby 1%-1.3 pts
#128 West Farms 1%-1.3 pts
#129 Richmond Hill 1%-1.3 pts
#130 Howard Beach-Lindenwood 1%-1.3 pts
#131 Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park 1%-1.3 pts
#132 Rosebank-Shore Acres-Park Hill 1%-1.3 pts
#133 Ridgewood 1%-1.3 pts
#134 Ocean Hill 1%-1.3 pts
#135 Ozone Park 1%-1.3 pts
#136 East Elmhurst 1%-1.3 pts
#137 Sunset Park (East)-Borough Park (West) 0.9%-1.4 pts
#138 Flushing-Willets Point 0.9%-1.4 pts
#139 Rockaway Beach-Arverne-Edgemere 0.9%-1.4 pts
#140 Dyker Heights 0.9%-1.4 pts
#141 Woodside 0.9%-1.4 pts
#142 Gravesend (East)-Homecrest 0.9%-1.4 pts
#143 Pelham Gardens 0.9%-1.4 pts
#144 Springfield Gardens (South)-Brookville 0.9%-1.4 pts
#145 South Ozone Park 0.9%-1.4 pts
#146 South Jamaica 0.9%-1.4 pts
#147 Queens Village 0.8%-1.5 pts
#148 Hamilton Heights-Sugar Hill 0.8%-1.5 pts
#149 Middle Village 0.8%-1.5 pts
#150 Bensonhurst 0.8%-1.5 pts
#151 Mount Hope 0.8%-1.5 pts
#152 Soundview-Clason Point 0.8%-1.5 pts
#153 East Flatbush-Erasmus 0.8%-1.5 pts
#154 Soundview-Bruckner-Bronx River 0.7%-1.5 pts
#155 Ozone Park (North) 0.7%-1.6 pts
#156 Gravesend (West) 0.7%-1.6 pts
#157 Allerton 0.7%-1.6 pts
#158 Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village 0.7%-1.6 pts
#159 Fresh Meadows-Utopia 0.7%-1.6 pts
#160 South Richmond Hill 0.7%-1.6 pts
#161 New Springville-Willowbrook-Bulls Head-Travis 0.7%-1.6 pts
#162 Sunset Park (Central) 0.7%-1.6 pts
#163 Morris Park 0.7%-1.6 pts
#164 Highbridge 0.6%-1.7 pts
#165 Co-op City 0.6%-1.7 pts
#166 Cypress Hills 0.6%-1.7 pts
#167 Kingsbridge-Marble Hill 0.6%-1.7 pts
#168 Williamsbridge-Olinville 0.6%-1.7 pts
#169 East New York-New Lots 0.5%-1.7 pts
#170 Belmont 0.5%-1.8 pts
#171 East New York (North) 0.5%-1.8 pts
#172 Bellerose 0.5%-1.8 pts
#173 Brownsville 0.5%-1.8 pts
#174 University Heights (North)-Fordham 0.5%-1.8 pts
#175 Jamaica 0.5%-1.8 pts
#176 Crotona Park East 0.4%-1.9 pts
#177 University Heights (South)-Morris Heights 0.4%-1.9 pts
#178 East Flushing 0.3%-2 pts
#179 Borough Park 0.3%-2 pts
#180 Corona 0.3%-2 pts
#181 Bedford Park 0.3%-2 pts
#182 North Corona 0.3%-2 pts
#183 Tompkinsville-Stapleton-Clifton-Fox Hills 0.3%-2 pts
#184 Westchester Square 0.2%-2.1 pts
#185 East New York-City Line 0.2%-2.1 pts
#186 Mount Eden-Claremont (West) 0.2%-2.1 pts
#187 Mott Haven-Port Morris 0.2%-2.1 pts
#188 Parkchester 0.2%-2.1 pts
#189 Hollis 0.2%-2.1 pts
#190 South Williamsburg 0.2%-2.1 pts
#191 Fordham Heights 0.2%-2.1 pts
#192 Eastchester-Edenwald-Baychester 0.1%-2.1 pts
#193 Longwood 0.1%-2.2 pts
#194 Norwood 0.1%-2.2 pts
#195 Hunts Point 0%-2.3 pts
#196 Claremont Village-Claremont (East) 0%-2.3 pts
#197 Tremont 0%-2.3 pts
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