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Queens County, NY

2,278,029 Population
108.7 square miles 20,952.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.9 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$39,029 ±$669 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $41,804 ±$92
$80,557 ±$1,559 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $74,755 ±$148

13.1% ±0.7% (293,878  ±15,536) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.6% 40,951,624 (±0.1% / ±260,310)

44 minutes ±0.5 (42,812,564  ±699,461) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,591,156,000 (±0 / ±7,204,853)

Families

839,853 ±4,648 Number of households
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
  • United States: 129,870,930 ±136,261
2.7 ±0 (2,245,548  ±471) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 † 19,062,964 (±71.5 / ±-555,555,600)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 † 325,134,660 (±4.3 / ±-555,555,600)

4.7% ±0.6% (25,013  ±3,009) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,036,894 (±0.1% / ±36,689)

Housing

911,913 ±200 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494
  • United States: 143,772,900 ±7,466

$683,600 ±$9,900 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138
  • more than double the amount in United States: $320,900 ±$622

8.1% ±0.6% (182,547  ±12,533.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.6% 41,404,691 (±0.1% / ±187,841.9)

Social

82.8% ±1.2% (1,378,397  ±19,945.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 205,882,074 (±0.1% / ±272,504.5)
35.4% ±0.7% (589,793  ±12,090.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 81,908,335 (±0.1% / ±175,321.9)

56.1% ±1% (1,209,838  ±20,585.9) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • nearly double the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,712,754 (±0.3% / ±46,340.4)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 22% 69,241,800 (±0.1% / ±203,206.2)

47.5% ±11,576.7% (1,081,374  ±17,549) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in New York: 22.7% † 4,459,752 (±639.9% / ±38,805)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.9% † 46,182,176 (±23.1% / ±149,842)

1.7% ±0.2% (31,474  ±3,199) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,200,322 (±0% / ±70,866)
31,474 Total veterans ±3,199 28,476 Male ±3,084 2,998 Female ±887

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