Census Reporter

New York

19,514,849 Population
47,123.6 square miles 414.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$40,898 ±$167 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$71,117 ±$266 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

13.6% ±0.1% (2,581,048  ±26,021) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

33.5 minutes ±0.1 (287,526,290  ±1,046,958) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

7,417,224 ±12,559 Number of households
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.6 (18,945,673  ±0) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.8% ±0.1% (225,143  ±3,450) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

8,362,971 ±772 Number of housing units
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$325,000 ±$1,056 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

10.4% ±0.1% (2,007,694  ±15,289) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

87.2% ±0.2% (11,905,267  ±28,296.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
37.5% ±0.1% (5,112,792  ±18,230.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

30.3% ±0.1% (5,574,294  ±20,686.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 21.5% 66,093,076 (±0.1% / ±186,870.8)

22.4% ±0.1% (4,372,167  ±19,932) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

4.4% ±0% (676,295  ±5,258) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
676,295 Total veterans ±5,258 627,361 Male ±5,050 48,934 Female ±1,526

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