Census Reporter

New York, NY

8,398,748 Population
300.4 square miles 27,960.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$39,589 ±$438 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $43,035 ±$278
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $38,884 ±$241
$63,799 ±$1,118 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $78,478 ±$729
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $67,844 ±$637

17.3% ±0.4% (1,426,628  ±36,038) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.3% 2,411,422 (±0.2% / ±47,368)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,591,391 (±0.2% / ±46,405)

42 minutes ±0.3 (160,095,680  ±1,306,533) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 37.6 347,870,690 (±0.2 / ±2,027,545)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 34 302,146,320 (±0.2 / ±1,842,407)

Families

3,184,496 ±11,009 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,282,923 ±15,411
  • New York: 7,367,015 ±16,617
2.6 ±0 (8,218,043  ±7,276) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7 19,570,592 (±0 / ±8,882)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.6 18,969,261 (±0)

4.4% ±0.2% (97,164  ±5,193) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 4.8% 232,263 (±0.2% / ±8,737)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.6% 216,046 (±0.2% / ±7,411)

Housing

3,519,453 ±3,075 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 8,021,225 ±3,546
  • New York: 8,363,847 ±866

$645,100 ±$5,125 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: $457,100 ±$2,058
  • about double the amount in New York: $325,500 ±$2,465

9.9% ±0.3% (819,854  ±23,295.2) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.5% 1,880,159 (±0.2% / ±35,452.2)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,002,636 (±0.2% / ±35,474.5)

Social

82.7% ±0.6% (4,920,348  ±38,020.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.2% 12,169,178 (±0.4% / ±54,642.7)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,914,979 (±0.4% / ±54,046)
39% ±0.4% (2,319,077  ±26,143.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 41.1% 5,739,471 (±0.3% / ±36,210.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 37.2% 5,091,466 (±0.3% / ±35,347.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2018 5-year data

36.8% ±0.4% (3,093,086  ±33,659) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.1% 5,803,821 (±0.2% / ±40,215)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,447,165 (±0.2% / ±38,315)

2.2% ±0.1% (143,638  ±6,221) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 3.3% 517,803 (±0.1% / ±11,833)
  • about half the rate in New York: 4.4% 678,833 (±0.1% / ±10,675)
143,638 Total veterans ±6,221 132,429 Male ±5,678 11,209 Female ±1,815

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