Among counties, Putnam's jobless rate of 2.9percentt was the lowest for February.
Nassau had the highest median income among counties in New York in 2006, at $85,994.
Nassau County ranked 10th and, at $85,994, had the highest median income among counties in New York in 2006.
FACT Proposition 13 established a formula for divvying up property tax revenue among counties, cities, schools and assorted special districts.
Much of the difference among counties, he said, appears to stem from differences in things like tobacco and alcohol use, obesity, high blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
All sides are using Nassau's low crime rate -- the lowest among counties its size in the country -- to justify their positions on staffing and other issues.
Among counties with the most significant improvements was New York County -- Manhattan -- which raised its response rate to 60percentt, from 52percentt in 1990.
According to the census report, which analyzed survey responses collected in 2003, among counties nationwide with the highest average commuting times, only five other counties showed higher percentages.
That's twice the share as in Dallas, which ranks second among counties with large numbers of workers who commute to work there.
Disenfranchisement and restoration policies represent a kind of "crazy quilt" of strictures that differ not just among states, but among counties, cities and towns as well.
The county has the second-highest foreclosure rate among counties in New York State, after Suffolk, according to a study by the Empire Justice Center.
