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

19,498,248 Population
6,139.6 square miles 3,175.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,000 ±$361 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$95,220 ±$777 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

12.8% ±0.3% (2,446,378  ±48,131) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

36 minutes ±0.2 (299,717,920  ±1,953,204) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

7,490,498 ±17,819 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (19,090,424  ±10,760) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 † 326,701,630 (±4.2 / ±-555,555,600)

5% ±0.2% (227,692  ±10,459) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

8,083,521 ±4,695 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$610,200 ±$2,813 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.8% ±0.2% (1,694,408  ±35,860.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±,198,133.8)

Social

87.9% ±0.4% (12,150,424  ±59,520.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±,278,776.4)
44.6% ±0.3% (6,167,831  ±41,249.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±,181,834.5)

40.4% ±0.3% (7,447,800  ±59,857) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±,222,236.2)

30.5% ±,867.7% (5,938,058  ±41,847) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% † 47,831,412 (±23.7% / ±190,469)

2.5% ±0.1% (390,581  ±9,777) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
390,581 Total veterans ±9,777 359,267 Male ±10,180 31,314 Female ±3,977

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