Census Reporter

New York, NY

8,622,698 Population
300.4 square miles 28,707.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,447 ±$509 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $40,772 ±$302
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $37,156 ±$270
$60,879 ±$500 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $75,368 ±$538
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $64,894 ±$507

18% ±0.4% (1,522,962  ±32,822) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,546,704 (±0.2% / ±45,726)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,722,257 (±0.2% / ±47,366)

41.8 minutes ±0.2 (163,004,240  ±1,238,948) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37 347,103,130 (±0.2 / ±1,871,114)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.7 303,961,285 (±0.1 / ±1,665,492)

Families

3,159,674 ±11,338 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,204,800 ±11,460
  • New York: 7,304,332 ±18,884
2.7 ±0 (8,447,387  ±6,145) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.8 19,911,669
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.6 19,273,248 (±0)

4.6% ±0.2% (105,007  ±5,081) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.6% 226,953 (±0.2% / ±7,344)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.6% 219,214 (±0.2% / ±7,747)

Housing

3,497,344 ±2,448 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,983,770 ±2,972
  • New York: 8,327,621 ±847

$609,500 ±$6,085 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $440,900 ±$1,808
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $314,500 ±$2,313

9.8% ±0.3% (838,133  ±22,487.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,908,531 (±0.2% / ±37,271.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.6% 2,085,890 (±0.2% / ±36,168.1)

Social

81.9% ±0.6% (4,975,996  ±36,227.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.5% 12,231,390 (±0.4% / ±54,074.4)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 86.6% 11,966,187 (±0.4% / ±52,572.4)
37.3% ±0.4% (2,267,945  ±23,905.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.6% 5,603,214 (±0.3% / ±36,832.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 36% 4,980,162 (±0.2% / ±33,800.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2017 5-year data

37.1% ±0.4% (3,194,940  ±31,533) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.2% 5,928,468 (±0.2% / ±41,679)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.9% 4,540,381 (±0.2% / ±36,548)

2.2% ±0.1% (150,825  ±6,671) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.4% 538,066 (±0.1% / ±9,747)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.5% 699,604 (±0.1% / ±11,523)
150,825 Total veterans ±6,671 138,877 Male ±5,873 11,948 Female ±1,630

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