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New York, NY

8,258,035 Population
300.5 square miles 27,484.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2

Economics

$50,764 ±$636 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $54,000 ±$361
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
$76,577 ±$1,123 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $95,220 ±$777
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500

18.2% ±0.5% (1,474,343  ±39,371) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 12.8% 2,446,378 (±0.3% / ±48,131)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)

40.1 minutes ±0.3 (138,171,710  ±1,532,990) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 36 299,717,920 (±0.2 / ±1,953,204)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)

Families

3,394,750 ±14,400 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 7,490,498 ±17,819
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
2.4 ±0 (8,043,045  ±10,824) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.6 19,090,424 (±0 / ±10,760)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.4 18,954,246

4.7% ±0.3% (96,220  ±6,445) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 5% 227,692 (±0.2% / ±10,459)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)

Housing

3,706,562 ±4,735 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8,083,521 ±4,695
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832

$743,000 ±$8,664 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: $610,200 ±$2,813
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220

9.7% ±0.3% (789,051  ±25,935.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 8.8% 1,694,408 (±0.2% / ±35,860.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)

Social

84.2% ±0.7% (5,014,190  ±40,540.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 87.9% 12,150,424 (±0.4% / ±59,520.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
42.5% ±0.5% (2,532,984  ±28,087) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 44.6% 6,167,831 (±0.3% / ±41,249.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

37.5% (3,093,845  ±28,389) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 30.5% 5,938,058
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.1% 4,517,996

1.7% ±0.1% (113,638  ±6,007) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area: 2.5% 390,581 (±0.1% / ±9,777)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
113,638 Total veterans ±6,007 99,997 Male ±6,394 13,641 Female ±2,647

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