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New York

19,867,248 Population
47,123.4 square miles 421.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$51,002 ±$412 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$85,820 ±$653 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14% ±0.3% (2,704,799  ±50,713) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

33.2 minutes ±0.2 (279,586,620  ±1,926,387) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

7,828,074 ±18,401 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 (19,188,964  ±) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±0.2% (219,646  ±8,685) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

8,676,911 ±743 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$449,800 ±$3,718 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.3% ±0.2% (1,836,837  ±36,336) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

88% ±0.4% (12,430,128  ±58,727.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.2% ±0.3% (5,819,065  ±39,724.9) 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)

31.7% ±0.3% (5,958,250  ±47,909.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

23.3% (4,621,382  ±41,824) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3.5% ±0.1% (550,582  ±11,292) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
550,582 Total veterans ±11,292 501,521 Male ±11,006 49,061 Female ±3,802

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