The ESPN Sports Poll, a product of TNS Intersearch,
interviewed 3,619 respondents from September '98-August '00
in the New York DMA. The following is a composition of
where those that named the Yankees and Mets as their
favorite MLB team reside compared to that of the general
pop. Also shown is the percentage that named the Yankees
and the Mets as their favorite MLB team within each county.
Favorite Team
NY Pop Yankees Mets
COUNTY n=3619 n=1657 n=573
Kings (Brooklyn) 19.6% 17.9% 17.5%
Queens 17.1% 14.7% 21.6%
Bronx 13.2% 16.8% 8.1%
New York (Manhattan) 10.9% 12.1% 5.6%
Suffolk 10.0% 10.1% 13.0%
Nassau 8.8% 8.1% 14.7%
Westchester 6.0% 6.7% 4.7%
Richmond (Staten IS) 3.3% 3.6% 3.9%
Orange 2.9% 2.7% 3.3%
Dutchess 2.3% 2.0% 2.5%
Ulster 2.1% 1.7% 1.5%
Rockland 1.9% 1.9% 1.9%
Sullivan 1.1% 0.8% 1.5%
Putnam 0.7% 0.9% 0.4%
Favorite Team
COUNTY Yankees Mets
Kings n=710 41.7% 14.1%
Queens n=620 39.2% 19.9%
Bronx n=476 58.6% 9.8%
New York (Manhattan) n=395 50.6% 8.1%
Suffolk n=363 46.2% 20.5%
Nassau n=320 42.0% 26.3%
Westchester n=219 50.7% 12.3%
Richmond (Staten IS) n=119 50.2% 18.7%
Orange n=105 42.0% 17.9%
Dutchess n= 84 40.1% 16.7%
Ulster n= 75 38.3% 11.8%
Rockland n= 69 46.7% 15.6%
Sullivan n= 39 32.4% 21.9%
Putnam n= 26 57.5% 9.1%
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