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Middle Atlantic Division

42,446,848 Population
99,220.5 square miles 427.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,682 ±$233 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$86,547 ±$355 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.2% ±0.1% (5,028,064  ±59,492) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

31 minutes ±0.1 (560,182,100  ±2,913,822) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

16,733,742 ±25,185 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 (41,161,632  ±) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.9% ±0.1% (476,961  ±13,127) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

18,354,664 ±2,926 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$380,800 ±$1,483 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.4% ±0.1% (3,967,376  ±57,098.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

89.9% ±0.3% (27,002,364  ±83,245.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
40.5% ±0.2% (12,154,107  ±57,306.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

26.5% ±0.2% (10,667,660  ±62,976.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

19.1% (8,088,481  ±59,148) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.2% ±0.1% (1,401,791  ±16,735) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
1,401,791 Total veterans ±16,735 1,284,364 Male ±16,229 117,427 Female ±6,045

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