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8,478,072 Population
300.5 square miles 28,217.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Queens County: 41.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40.1 ±0.2

Economics

$52,504 ±$785 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Queens County: $41,950 ±$866
  • a little higher than the amount in New York: $51,002 ±$412
$81,228 ±$908 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Queens County: $85,273 ±$1,898
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $85,820 ±$653

18% ±0.5% (1,497,323  ±41,751) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Queens County: 13.4% 305,104 (±0.7% / ±16,277)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14% 2,704,799 (±0.3% / ±50,713)

40.6 minutes ±0.3 (144,524,340  ±1,424,152) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Queens County: 43.8 43,981,120 (±0.6 / ±787,118)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.2 279,586,620 (±0.2 / ±1,926,387)

Families

3,379,651 ±15,364 Number of households
  • Queens County: 873,479 ±4,640
  • New York: 7,828,074 ±18,401
2.4 ±0 (8,249,799  ±9,410) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Queens County: 2.6 2,277,312 (±0 / ±1,602)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,188,964

4.2% ±0.3% (88,761  ±6,550) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Queens County: 4.1% † 22,091 (±0.6% / ±2,969)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.7% 219,646 (±0.2% / ±8,685)

Housing

3,737,632 ±4,113 Number of housing units
  • Queens County: 922,890 ±618
  • New York: 8,676,911 ±743

$778,600 ±$8,906 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Queens County: $720,300 ±$13,193
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $449,800 ±$3,718

9.6% ±0.3% (800,731  ±27,579) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Queens County: 8.1% 186,124 (±0.5% / ±12,181.6)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 9.3% 1,836,837 (±0.2% / ±36,336)

Social

83.8% ±0.7% (5,126,106  ±40,548.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Queens County: 82.3% 1,402,166 (±1.2% / ±20,654.7)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88% 12,430,128 (±0.4% / ±58,727.5)
42.5% ±0.5% (2,601,580  ±27,479) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Queens County: 37.6% 640,397 (±0.8% / ±13,467.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 41.2% 5,819,065 (±0.3% / ±39,724.9)

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

36.7% (3,108,115  ±37,484) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Queens County: 47.5% 1,099,420
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23.3% 4,621,382

1.8% ±0.1% (121,547  ±6,954) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Queens County: 1.9% 36,228 (±0.2% / ±3,437)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.5% 550,582 (±0.1% / ±11,292)
121,547 Total veterans ±6,954 108,942 Male ±6,576 12,605 Female ±2,345

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