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New York, NY

8,467,513 Population
300.5 square miles 28,182.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.1 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.5 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 39.8 ±0.1

Economics

$42,406 ±$578 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $47,364 ±$356
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $43,078 ±$345
$67,997 ±$1,045 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $84,409 ±$717
  • about 90 percent of the amount in New York: $74,314 ±$613

18% ±0.5% (1,499,249  ±39,362) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.9% 2,511,435 (±0.3% / ±55,664)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 13.9% 2,688,587 (±0.3% / ±47,579)

39.8 minutes ±0.2 (111,646,210  ±1,384,981) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 34.2 241,174,450 (±0.1 / ±1,818,794)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 31.4 227,623,710 (±0.2 / ±1,763,382)

Families

3,263,895 ±13,490 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,347,700 ±17,705
  • New York: 7,652,666 ±17,305
2.5 ±0 (8,282,225  ±6,966) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.6 19,388,252 (±0 / ±8,368)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 19,265,908 (±0)

4.2% ±0.3% (89,101  ±6,176) 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% 223,610 (±0.2% / ±9,269)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 4.6% 213,704 (±0.2% / ±8,773)

Housing

3,641,931 ±2,894 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 8,026,716 ±3,455
  • New York: 8,530,561 ±867

$685,700 ±$6,046 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: $533,700 ±$3,107
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $368,800 ±$2,957

10.5% ±0.3% (874,963  ±28,251) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 10% 1,962,303 (±0.2% / ±40,004.1)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,042,824 (±0.2% / ±41,806.8)

Social

83.9% ±0.7% (5,066,811  ±41,678) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.9% 12,246,112 (±0.4% / ±58,900.5)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 88% 12,313,514 (±0.4% / ±59,937.6)
41% ±0.5% (2,474,623  ±28,333.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 43.6% 6,075,577 (±0.3% / ±40,388.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 39.9% 5,583,687 (±0.3% / ±39,932.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

36.4% ±0.5% (3,079,776  ±38,749) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.4% 5,818,266 (±0.3% / ±54,350)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.3% 4,427,356 (±0.2% / ±43,047)

2% ±0.1% (133,383  ±6,325) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.8% 440,747 (±0.1% / ±10,789)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.9% 614,289 (±0.1% / ±12,232)
133,383 Total veterans ±6,325 118,931 Male ±6,222 14,452 Female ±2,160

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