cOMMUNITY SERVED North General Hospital’s Primary Service Area (PSA) consists of 6 zip codes, in Central and East Harlem, where NGH is situated.

POPULATION

According to the 2000 census, there are 117,743 residents of East Harlem and 151,113 residents of Central Harlem, roughly 3% of New York City’s total population of 7.5 million. It is widely recognized that this population projection is an undercount due to the arrival of new immigrants from Mexico, the Dominican Republic and Central American countries, such as Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala, and West Africa, who may be undocumented.