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New York, NY

8,537,673 Population
301.5 square miles 28,320.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2016 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$35,508 ±$367 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $38,894 ±$249
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $35,534 ±$214
$58,856 ±$1,105 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $71,897 ±$442
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $62,909 ±$631

18.9% ±0.4% (1,586,197  ±32,831) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 13.5% 2,672,312 (±0.2% / ±48,360)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14.7% 2,832,824 (±0.2% / ±38,578)

41.4 minutes ±0.2 (158,587,185  ±1,321,309) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 36.7 337,155,320 (±0.2 / ±1,913,718)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.4 296,881,175 (±0.1 / ±1,556,230)

Families

3,114,811 ±11,631 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,118,024 ±16,958
  • New York: 7,209,054 ±17,665
2.7 ±0 (8,360,689  ±6,405) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.8 19,742,242 (±0 / ±7,973)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.7 19,169,325 (±0)

4.8% ±0.2% (108,983  ±5,154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.6% 229,002 (±0.2% / ±7,268)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.7% 225,830 (±0.2% / ±7,879)

Housing

3,463,870 ±2,605 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,919,292 ±3,124
  • New York: 8,232,039 ±1,017

$569,700 ±$6,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $426,300 ±$2,261
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $302,400 ±$2,460

9.9% ±0.3% (834,235  ±24,457.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,882,568 (±0.2% / ±33,336.8)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 10.6% 2,061,279 (±0.2% / ±34,099.3)

Social

81.5% ±0.6% (4,863,925  ±35,065.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 86.1% 12,002,285 (±0.4% / ±53,230.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 86.3% 11,785,300 (±0.4% / ±49,917.3)
37% ±0.4% (2,208,206  ±23,057.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39% 5,437,139 (±0.3% / ±34,800.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 35.7% 4,867,812 (±0.2% / ±32,597.6)

49.1% ±0.2% (3,861,110  ±11,427.7) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2015 5-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.6% 7,240,828 (±0.1% / ±19,753)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 30.4% 5,614,293 (±0.1% / ±15,398.5)

37.5% ±0.4% (3,200,219  ±30,762) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.3% 5,897,656 (±0.2% / ±41,722)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 23% 4,536,115 (±0.2% / ±36,101)

2.2% ±0.1% (147,381  ±5,363) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.5% 555,042 (±0.1% / ±8,086)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.7% 723,582 (±0.1% / ±8,896)
147,381 Total veterans ±5,363 134,801 Male ±5,100 12,580 Female ±1,913

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