Population: 8 million / 26,517 people per square mile [Data from the 2000 census as reported by Demographia] Area: 302 square miles / 782 square kilometers [ Demographia] Elevation: 87 feet / 27 meters above sea level [ Lonely Planet] Parks: 1,700 parks / 28,000 total acres [ City of New York Parks & Recreation] New York Public Library: 42 million items in the collection \ [New York Public Library] Statue of Liberty: 151 feet 1 inch tall from base to torch / Index finger 8 feet long [ Liberty State Park] Theater: 39 Broadway theaters [ Live Broadway.com] / Median Family Income: $39,937 [ 2003 American Community Survey Profile] Bridges: 2027 [NYC Dept. of Transportation] Subway: 1.3 billion subway riders per year (this is but one of the many statistics about NYC on this page)[NYC & Company ] Taxicabs: 12,187 medallion taxicabs [NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission] Garbage: 11,000 tons produced each day [Earth Policy Institute] Recycling: 18% of municipal waste is recycled [Earth Policy Institute] Air Pollution: 54 pounds per person per year of smog from cars and trucks [Graded "C" by a Sierra Club report.]