Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Queens County, NY

2,331,143 Population
108.7 square miles 21,440.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

40.4 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$34,969 ±$644 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$73,262 ±$1,624 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

13.5% ±0.8% (309,902  ±17,210) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

41 minutes ±0.4 (34,300,920  ±590,772) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

820,686 ±5,706 Number of households
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.8 ±0 (2,301,962  ±3,304) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.1% ±0.4% (22,592  ±2,391) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

902,754 ±1,182 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$642,000 ±$8,240 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957
  • more than double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

7.8% ±0.5% (179,175  ±11,415.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

82.2% ±1.2% (1,396,711  ±20,215.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
35.3% ±0.8% (599,465  ±12,668.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

54.5% ±0.7% (1,199,561  ±15,985.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 30% 5,620,470 (±0.2% / ±44,697.1)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

46.8% ±0.7% (1,090,031  ±15,869) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

2.1% ±0.2% (39,662  ±3,613) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
39,662 Total veterans ±3,613 34,204 Male ±3,215 5,458 Female ±1,300

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.