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New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area

19,940,274 Population
6,139.6 square miles 3,247.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,724 ±$410 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$99,852 ±$781 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.5% ±0.3% (2,457,925  ±48,416) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

36.5 minutes ±0.2 (312,069,860  ±2,124,253) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

7,486,828 ±18,178 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (19,506,840  ±6,880) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.7% ±0.2% (223,867  ±9,782) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

8,129,556 ±3,255 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$648,800 ±$2,533 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.6% ±0.2% (1,701,255  ±37,632.7) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.5% ±0.4% (12,364,968  ±61,462.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
45% ±0.3% (6,366,678  ±42,862.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

41.3% ±0.3% (7,781,318  ±51,556.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

30.8% (6,143,359  ±43,867) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.4% ±0.1% (386,034  ±10,262) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
386,034 Total veterans ±10,262 352,501 Male ±9,666 33,533 Female ±3,296

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