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

19,261,570 Population
6,684.3 square miles 2,881.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.8 ±0.1 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$45,049 ±$179 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $44,153 ±$191
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $35,384 ±$91
$81,951 ±$316 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $85,245 ±$402
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $64,994 ±$128

12.4% ±0.1% (2,340,049  ±23,249) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 9.7% 842,704 (±0.2% / ±14,941)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.8% 40,910,326 (±0.1% / ±258,486)

37 minutes ±0.1 (317,292,040  ±1,124,671) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 32 128,475,610 (±0.1 / ±610,129)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,837,803,315 (±0.1 / ±8,076,551)

Families

7,065,536 ±10,461 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,272,054 ±6,029
  • United States: 122,354,219 ±211,970
2.7 (18,880,565  ±3,630) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,702,841
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.6 318,495,974

4.8% ±0.1% (223,112  ±3,565) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 4.9% 100,782 (±0.1% / ±2,335)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,982,654 (±0% / ±21,427)

Housing

7,756,312 ±1,612 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,628,732 ±505
  • United States: 138,432,751 ±11,188

$465,400 ±$1,046 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $343,500 ±$980
  • about double the amount in United States: $229,800 ±$188

9.4% ±0.1% (1,788,772  ±15,527.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 906,217 (±0.1% / ±11,955.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.8% 44,657,396 (±0% / ±138,910.3)

Social

87% ±0.2% (11,721,010  ±28,527.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,568,740 (±0.3% / ±18,363.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.5% 197,274,154 (±0.1% / ±241,896.7)
41.4% ±0.1% (5,582,000  ±18,453.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 40.7% 2,513,062 (±0.2% / ±11,733.9)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32.9% 73,356,319 (±0.1% / ±147,645.6)

40% ±0.2% (7,220,912  ±43,808.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 1-year data
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 32.2% 2,693,106 (±0.4% / ±30,669.2)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

29.3% ±0.1% (5,652,129  ±23,018) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 22.7% 2,012,872 (±0.1% / ±12,390)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.5% 44,125,628 (±0% / ±136,982)

3.2% ±0% (488,632  ±4,952) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in New Jersey: 4.5% 313,928 (±0.1% / ±3,306)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.1% 17,835,456 (±0% / ±52,869)
488,632 Total veterans ±4,952 455,806 Male ±4,610 32,826 Female ±1,468

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