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

19,768,458 Population
6,684.4 square miles 2,957.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 40.3 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$47,364 ±$356 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in New Jersey: $47,338 ±$418
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$84,409 ±$717 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in New Jersey: $89,296 ±$1,088
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

12.9% ±0.3% (2,511,435  ±55,664) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 10.2% 930,602 (±0.3% / ±29,531)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

34.2 minutes ±0.1 (241,174,450  ±1,818,794) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in New Jersey: 28.6 98,380,030 (±0.2 / ±1,050,130)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

7,347,700 ±17,705 Number of households
  • New Jersey: 3,497,945 ±8,126
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.6 ±0 (19,388,252  ±8,368) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in New Jersey: 2.6 9,084,234 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

4.8% ±0.2% (223,610  ±9,269) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New Jersey: 5.3% 110,927 (±0.3% / ±6,041)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

8,026,716 ±3,455 Number of housing units
  • New Jersey: 3,779,591 ±1,544
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$533,700 ±$3,107 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New Jersey: $389,800 ±$2,392
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

10% ±0.2% (1,962,303  ±40,004.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 10.6% 974,522 (±0.3% / ±28,423.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

87.9% ±0.4% (12,246,112  ±58,900.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in New Jersey: 91% 5,890,494 (±0.6% / ±40,077.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
43.6% ±0.3% (6,075,577  ±40,388.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New Jersey: 43.1% 2,790,646 (±0.4% / ±26,799.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

39.1% ±0.3% (7,286,434  ±53,592.6) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New Jersey: 31.7% 2,773,431 (±0.3% / ±28,668)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 21.6% 67,754,440 (±0.1% / ±171,150.5)

29.4% ±0.3% (5,818,266  ±54,350) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New Jersey: 23% 2,134,981 (±0.4% / ±32,090)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

2.8% ±0.1% (440,747  ±10,789) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New Jersey: 3.9% 283,485 (±0.1% / ±7,865)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
440,747 Total veterans ±10,789 405,512 Male ±10,051 35,235 Female ±3,563

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