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

20,320,876 Population
8,293 square miles 2,450.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2017 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.5 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 38.7 ±0.1
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.1 ±0.1

Economics

$40,772 ±$302 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $37,156 ±$270
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $32,397 ±$64
$75,368 ±$538 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in New York: $64,894 ±$507
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $60,336 ±$86

12.8% ±0.2% (2,546,704  ±45,726) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 14.1% 2,722,257 (±0.2% / ±47,366)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 13.4% 42,583,651 (±0.1% / ±241,032)

37 minutes ±0.2 (347,103,130  ±1,871,114) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 33.7 303,961,285 (±0.1 / ±1,665,492)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.9 3,891,349,480 (±0.1 / ±8,012,447)

Families

7,204,800 ±11,460 Number of households
  • New York: 7,304,332 ±18,884
  • United States: 120,062,818 ±161,148
2.8 (19,911,669  ±7,610) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.6 19,273,248 (±0)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.7 317,631,941

4.6% ±0.2% (226,953  ±7,344) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 4.6% 219,214 (±0.2% / ±7,747)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,394 (±0% / ±28,051)

Housing

7,983,770 ±2,972 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,327,621 ±847
  • United States: 137,407,308 ±4,122

$440,900 ±$1,808 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in New York: $314,500 ±$2,313
  • about double the amount in United States: $217,600 ±$437

9.5% ±0.2% (1,908,531  ±37,271.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 10.6% 2,085,890 (±0.2% / ±36,168.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.3% 46,073,420 (±0.1% / ±187,510.3)

Social

86.5% ±0.4% (12,231,390  ±54,074.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 86.6% 11,966,187 (±0.4% / ±52,572.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88% 194,667,872 (±0.1% / ±241,381.6)
39.6% ±0.3% (5,603,214  ±36,832.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 36% 4,980,162 (±0.2% / ±33,800.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 32% 70,765,915 (±0.1% / ±146,608.8)

39.3% ±0.2% (7,499,452  ±42,753) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 30.9% 5,769,275 (±0.2% / ±40,489)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 21.8% 66,592,306 (±0.1% / ±178,397.9)

29.2% ±0.2% (5,928,468  ±41,679) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in New York: 22.9% 4,540,381 (±0.2% / ±36,548)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,525,855 (±0% / ±135,763)

3.4% ±0.1% (538,066  ±9,747) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in New York: 4.5% 699,604 (±0.1% / ±11,523)
  • about half the rate in United States: 7.3% 18,204,605 (±0% / ±71,514)
538,066 Total veterans ±9,747 505,915 Male ±9,066 32,151 Female ±2,620

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