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New York County, NY

1,597,451 Population
22.7 square miles 70,502.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$94,654 ±$2,864 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $48,847 ±$350
  • more than double the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$101,078 ±$2,582 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in New York: $82,095 ±$500
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

16.5% ±1.2% (255,043  ±17,932) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14.2% 2,702,955 (±0.3% / ±50,606)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

30.8 minutes ±0.6 (21,856,930  ±619,704) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 32.8 270,341,980 (±0.2 / ±2,010,778)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

787,747 ±11,059 Number of households
  • New York: 7,809,267 ±17,008
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
1.9 ±0 (1,520,613  ±4,328) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.4 † 18,954,246 (±71.1 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

3.3% ±0.7% (14,551  ±2,890) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New York: 4.9% 223,651 (±0.2% / ±9,540)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

928,727 ±2,237 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,631,232 ±832
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$1,010,800 ±$46,815 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $420,200 ±$4,220
  • more than double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

15.3% ±0.9% (242,102  ±14,110.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 9.6% 1,865,276 (±0.2% / ±35,369.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

89.5% ±1.8% (1,109,463  ±21,919.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 88.3% 12,264,360 (±0.4% / ±57,263.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
64.9% ±1.4% (804,362  ±17,400.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in New York: 40.6% 5,642,907 (±0.3% / ±38,336)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

37.7% ±1.2% (579,332  ±17,653.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 31% 5,738,521 (±0.3% / ±53,509.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

29.3% ±10,189.9% (468,055  ±17,577) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 23.1% † 4,517,996 (±,655.3% / ±40,543)
  • about double the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

1.8% ±0.3% (24,312  ±3,513) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.6% 563,400 (±0.1% / ±10,870)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
24,312 Total veterans ±3,513 22,589 Male ±3,415 1,723 Female ±1,320

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