Census Reporter

New York County, NY

1,628,706 Population
22.7 square miles 71,874.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$82,720 ±$2,466 Per capita income
  • about double the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • more than double the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$93,651 ±$3,322 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

14% ±0.9% (221,821  ±13,416) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

31.7 minutes ±0.4 (26,647,145  ±527,763) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

768,203 ±9,298 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2 ±0 (1,564,022  ±5,434) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

3.8% ±0.6% (17,419  ±2,600) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

892,930 ±2,654 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$1,128,300 ±$52,306 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • more than double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

17.2% ±0.8% (276,933  ±12,675.6) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.8% ±1.7% (1,098,251  ±21,176.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
62% ±1.3% (775,624  ±16,544.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

38% ±0.9% (589,352  ±14,524.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,623,805 (±0.2% / ±36,399.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

27.8% ±0.9% (453,153  ±13,980) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • about double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

1.8% ±0.2% (25,560  ±2,945) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in New York: 4.3% 655,055 (±0.1% / ±10,056)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
25,560 Total veterans ±2,945 23,219 Male ±2,712 2,341 Female ±925

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