Table 1

Demographic characteristics and tobacco retail measures of Neighborhood Tabulation Areas (NTAs) in New York City (n=188), 2017

	Mean	SD	Minimum	Maximum
Demographic characteristics*
Total population size	44 771	22 005	12 819	134 523
% Black, NH	21.60	25.35	0.12	90.20
% White, NH	34.07	28.17	0.50	95.53
% Hispanic	28.13	21.31	2.66	88.01
% Asian, NH	13.26	14.37	0.05	70.54
% Uninsured	11.93	5.49	2.13	39.68
Median household income† ($)	60 605	26 182	20 938	170 766
% Less than high school education‡	19.52	10.78	1.39	54.62
% Youth	21.32	5.96	5.29	48.05
Tobacco retail
Retailer count (preban)	42.91	31.01	2	272
Retailer count (postban)	40.20	28.61	1	238
Density₁ (preban)	0.96	0.76	0.09	9.68
Density₂ (postban)	0.90	0.68	0.05	8.47
% Retailer density reduction§	6.79	6.33	0.00	50.00
Absolute retailer density reduction¶	0.06	0.10	0.00	1.21

*Gathered from the US Census Bureau’s 2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
†Average median household income of the census tracts in each NTA.
‡Among adults 25 years and older.
§Per cent change in number of tobacco retailers per 1000 population following the ban on tobacco sales in pharmacies.
¶Absolute difference in the number of tobacco retailers per 1000 population following the ban on tobacco sales in pharmacies.
NH, non-Hispanic.