New Yorkers aren't ­ordinary. You knew that, but now we have proof.

Kevin O'Keefe, a marketing consultant, spent more than a year searching for the definitive ­average American. He ­traveled the country armed with 140 deciding factors drawn from the U.S. census.

As he reports in his new book, "The Average American: The Extraordinary Search for the Nation's Most Ordinary Citizen," the criteria dictated that the average American live in a freestanding house with a lawn in suburbia. Thus, living in New York City is anything but average.

"I went into it with an open mind," says O'Keefe, who lives here himself, "but it was ­pretty much a given that the city - not the people, but the area - didn't qualify."

There was more chagrin in store. The man who ultimately fit all the criteria - down to the last one - was someone he knew. ­Robert Burns, 53, of Windham, Conn., was once a custodial ­worker at O'Keefe's suburban ­Hartford high school. Today, the ­married ­father of three is head of maintenance at a state ­vocational school. When told he was Mr. J. Average, Burns took the news well.

"What an honor," he said.

Meanwhile, O'Keefe also compiled 1,000 statistical ­averages from credible ­surveys and polls to top off his census data.

Here, then, are the demographic facts that make one an average, ordinary Joe.

... AND OTHER COMMON CRITERIA

_Lives in an owner-occupied home

_ Spends most of his time indoors

_ Has direct access to one or two motor vehicles

_ Regularly wears a seat belt

_ Attends church at least once a month

_ Is in bed before midnight

_ Has a garage

_ Has at least one married couple in the household

_ Makes love at 11 p.m. Has sex 116 times a year.

_ Is between 18 and 53 years old

_ Became sexually active at 14

_ Weighs between 135 and 205 pounds

_ Drinks the milk from his cereal bowl

_ Sees a dentist annually

_ Flosses irregularly

_ Has at least a high-school degree

_ Throws out 100 pounds of food a year

_ Has an annual income of between $15,000 and $75,000

_ Spends 48 hours a year shopping at the mall

_ Wears glasses or contacts

_ Goes to the movies annually

_ Believes in the right to bear arms

_ Has fired a gun

_ Lives in the Eastern time zone

_ Doesn't sing in the shower

_ Eats ice cream once a month

_ Lives within 3 miles of a McDonald's and 20 minutes from a Wal-Mart

_ Can name the best-known Three Stooges

(Article Courtesy of NYdailynews.com)