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New York

19,571,216 Population
47,123.4 square miles 415.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$48,847 ±$350 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$82,095 ±$500 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

14.2% ±0.3% (2,702,955  ±50,606) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

32.8 minutes ±0.2 (270,341,980  ±2,010,778) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

7,809,267 ±17,008 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.4 ±71.1 (18,954,246  ±-555,555,600) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

4.9% ±0.2% (223,651  ±9,540) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

8,631,232 ±832 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$420,200 ±$4,220 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

9.6% ±0.2% (1,865,276  ±35,369.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

88.3% ±0.4% (12,264,360  ±57,263.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
40.6% ±0.3% (5,642,907  ±38,336) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

31% ±0.3% (5,738,521  ±53,509.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

23.1% ±,655.3% (4,517,996  ±40,543) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

3.6% ±0.1% (563,400  ±10,870) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
563,400 Total veterans ±10,870 511,618 Male ±10,623 51,782 Female ±4,667

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