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New York, NY

8,335,897 Population
300.5 square miles 27,744 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in New York: 40 ±0.2

Economics

$48,448 ±$733 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $52,308 ±$402
  • about the same as the amount in New York: $47,421 ±$340
$74,694 ±$1,255 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $91,562 ±$610
  • a little less than the amount in New York: $79,557 ±$722

18.3% ±0.6% (1,497,382  ±45,156) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 12.8% 2,467,826 (±0.3% / ±58,831)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 14.3% 2,734,819 (±0.3% / ±62,913)

40.7 minutes ±0.2 (134,566,860  ±1,380,803) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 35.8 287,288,350 (±0.1 / ±1,794,548)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33 265,264,500 (±0.1 / ±1,772,432)

Families

3,373,039 ±12,815 Number of households
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 7,478,571 ±16,701
  • New York: 7,774,308 ±19,481
2.4 ±0 (8,130,564  ±3,421) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.6 19,217,686 (±0 / ±3,239)
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 2.5 † 19,062,964 (±71.5 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±0.3% (103,592  ±6,144) 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: 5% 230,940 (±0.2% / ±8,795)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 5.1% 232,961 (±0.2% / ±8,582)

Housing

3,679,063 ±1,557 Number of housing units
  • the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 8,074,003 ±1,485
  • New York: 8,585,784 ±494

$724,400 ±$8,662 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: $578,800 ±$2,855
  • nearly double the amount in New York: $400,400 ±$3,138

10.7% ±0.3% (879,404  ±27,322.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 9.7% 1,891,901 (±0.2% / ±40,396.4)
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,027,524 (±0.2% / ±37,462)

Social

83.6% ±0.7% (4,981,937  ±40,798.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 87.6% 12,119,257 (±0.5% / ±61,879.3)
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 87.9% 12,211,028 (±0.4% / ±59,699)
41.4% ±0.5% (2,465,449  ±28,606.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 43.9% 6,080,212 (±0.3% / ±41,652.5)
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 40% 5,556,561 (±0.3% / ±40,658.4)

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

36.8% ±2,450.6% (3,065,136  ±33,107) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 29.8% † 5,849,896 (±844.5% / ±40,956)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in New York: 22.7% † 4,459,752 (±639.9% / ±38,805)

1.8% ±0.1% (118,882  ±6,561) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area: 2.7% 419,007 (±0.1% / ±11,623)
  • about half the rate in New York: 3.7% 580,856 (±0.1% / ±12,582)
118,882 Total veterans ±6,561 106,575 Male ±6,269 12,307 Female ±2,058

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