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

19,979,477 Population
8,292.6 square miles 2,409.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2018 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.2

Economics

$43,035 ±$278 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $38,884 ±$241
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $33,831 ±$77
$78,478 ±$729 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $67,844 ±$637
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $61,937 ±$94

12.3% ±0.2% (2,411,422  ±47,368) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 13.6% 2,591,391 (±0.2% / ±46,405)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.1% 41,852,315 (±0.1% / ±232,949)

37.6 minutes ±0.2 (347,870,690  ±2,027,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 34 302,146,320 (±0.2 / ±1,842,407)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 27.1 3,967,761,655 (±0 / ±7,704,522)

Families

7,282,923 ±15,411 Number of households
  • New York: 7,367,015 ±16,617
  • United States: 121,520,180 ±153,217
2.7 ±0 (19,570,592  ±8,882) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 18,969,261 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 319,075,830

4.8% ±0.2% (232,263  ±8,737) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in New York: 4.6% 216,046 (±0.2% / ±7,411)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,956,960 (±0% / ±30,916)

Housing

8,021,225 ±3,546 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,363,847 ±866
  • United States: 138,539,906 ±4,033

$457,100 ±$2,058 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $325,500 ±$2,465
  • about double the amount in United States: $229,700 ±$366

9.5% ±0.2% (1,880,159  ±35,452.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.4% 2,002,636 (±0.2% / ±35,474.5)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 45,452,496 (±0.1% / ±185,008.3)

Social

87.2% ±0.4% (12,169,178  ±54,642.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.2% 11,914,979 (±0.4% / ±54,046)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.3% 197,114,684 (±0.1% / ±245,154.7)
41.1% ±0.3% (5,739,471  ±36,210.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 37.2% 5,091,466 (±0.3% / ±35,347.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.6% 72,750,461 (±0.1% / ±151,650)

39% ±0.3% (7,324,609  ±46,291.2) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,645,392 (±0.2% / ±42,532.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 21.9% 67,268,668 (±0.1% / ±198,318.9)

29.1% ±0.2% (5,803,821  ±40,215) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 22.8% 4,447,165 (±0.2% / ±38,315)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,728,721 (±0.1% / ±157,222)

3.3% ±0.1% (517,803  ±11,833) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.4% 678,833 (±0.1% / ±10,675)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,964,242 (±0% / ±66,854)
517,803 Total veterans ±11,833 482,957 Male ±10,574 34,846 Female ±3,290

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