Census Reporter

New York

19,453,561 Population
47,123.8 square miles 412.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$41,857 ±$295 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$72,108 ±$452 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

13% ±0.2% (2,467,006  ±45,734) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

34 minutes ±0.1 (305,193,510  ±1,359,093) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

7,446,812 ±13,820 Number of households
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.5 (18,884,948  ±0) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.7% ±0.2% (217,713  ±8,616) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

8,404,205 ±839 Number of housing units
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$338,700 ±$3,182 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

10.5% ±0.2% (2,027,540  ±35,825.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.6% ±0.4% (11,970,504  ±55,181) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
37.8% ±0.3% (5,166,218  ±35,028.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

30.7% ±0.2% (5,623,805  ±36,399.3) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

22.4% ±0.2% (4,360,291  ±42,271) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

4.3% ±0.1% (655,055  ±10,056) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
655,055 Total veterans ±10,056 604,413 Male ±8,833 50,642 Female ±3,555

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