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

19,216,182 Population
6,685.1 square miles 2,874.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.1 ±0.2 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in New Jersey: 40.2 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$46,241 ±$287 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in New Jersey: $44,888 ±$352
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$83,160 ±$791 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $85,751 ±$760
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

11.6% ±0.3% (2,189,593  ±50,436) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 9.2% 798,262 (±0.3% / ±25,821)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

37.7 minutes ±0.1 (340,704,255  ±1,543,249) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 33.1 139,069,755 (±0.2 / ±1,071,015)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

7,102,817 ±14,519 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,286,264 ±9,466
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.7 ±0 (18,828,578  ±7,460) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.7 8,701,703 (±0)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±0.2% (214,601  ±8,818) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 4.7% 95,678 (±0.3% / ±5,234)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

7,797,416 ±3,365 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,641,854 ±1,185
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$482,900 ±$2,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $348,800 ±$1,764
  • about double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

9.6% ±0.2% (1,830,658  ±35,316.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10.3% 902,872 (±0.3% / ±26,958.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.3% ±0.4% (11,789,832  ±57,008.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 90.3% 5,591,610 (±0.6% / ±37,408.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
41.8% ±0.3% (5,642,491  ±38,286.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 41.2% 2,551,765 (±0.4% / ±23,822)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

40% ±0.2% (7,220,912  ±43,808.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • 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)

29.7% ±0.2% (5,697,739  ±43,405) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 23.4% 2,074,686 (±0.3% / ±23,672)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

3.1% ±0.1% (473,161  ±11,843) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 4.4% 302,777 (±0.1% / ±9,193)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
473,161 Total veterans ±11,843 436,424 Male ±11,022 36,737 Female ±2,959

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