The estimate is roughly the same as the number of people living in Manhattan, the Mayor’s Office for Community Mental Health.

Race, gender, insurance coverage and other factors determine access to such treatment, a story in the Amsterdam News warned.

White residents are more likely to use mental health resources than black, Latino and Asian populations, which is also influenced by economics.

But there is also an important element, the lack of professionals to serve minority segments, the newspaper added.

A research published in Counseling Psychology found that for every 1,002 black, indigenous and mixed-race people in the 45 largest cities in the country, there is only one therapist who is also from those demographic groups.

When compared to the ratio of white individuals to white therapists (307 to one), the reality is that for that population it is three times easier to find a professional.

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