Census Reporter

New York-Newark, NY-NJ-CT-PA CSA

22,589,036 Population
12,400 square miles 1,821.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in New York: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.5 ±0.1

Economics

$46,002 ±$243 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $41,857 ±$295
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $35,672 ±$76
$82,516 ±$570 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in New York: $72,108 ±$452
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $65,712 ±$118

11.5% ±0.2% (2,543,886  ±53,451) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in New York: 13% 2,467,006 (±0.2% / ±45,734)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 39,490,096 (±0.1% / ±242,000)

36.7 minutes ±0.1 (388,476,660  ±1,748,459) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in New York: 34 305,193,510 (±0.1 / ±1,359,093)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.6 4,078,708,605 (±0.1 / ±8,965,849)

Families

8,344,800 ±15,339 Number of households
  • New York: 7,446,812 ±13,820
  • United States: 122,802,852 ±137,327
2.7 (22,092,310  ±8,596) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in New York: 2.5 18,884,948
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.6 320,155,161

4.6% ±0.2% (246,677  ±9,383) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 4.7% 217,713 (±0.2% / ±8,616)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,877,882 (±0% / ±31,847)

Housing

9,209,219 ±3,705 Number of housing units
  • New York: 8,404,205 ±839
  • United States: 139,686,209 ±6,973

$447,900 ±$1,764 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in New York: $338,700 ±$3,182
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $240,500 ±$451

9.9% ±0.2% (2,209,360  ±40,793.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in New York: 10.5% 2,027,540 (±0.2% / ±35,825.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,322,377 (±0.1% / ±198,054.6)

Social

87.8% ±0.4% (13,897,204  ±61,327.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in New York: 87.6% 11,970,504 (±0.4% / ±55,181)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 88.6% 199,280,027 (±0.1% / ±269,390.9)
41.4% ±0.3% (6,555,394  ±40,583.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in New York: 37.8% 5,166,218 (±0.3% / ±35,028.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 33.1% 74,501,651 (±0.1% / ±162,862.7)

37.5% ±0.2% (7,981,624  ±44,296.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 30.7% 5,623,805 (±0.2% / ±36,399.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 22% 67,802,345 (±0.1% / ±214,346.6)

27.6% ±0.2% (6,230,338  ±46,764) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in New York: 22.4% 4,360,291 (±0.2% / ±42,271)
  • about double the rate in United States: 13.7% 44,932,901 (±0.1% / ±177,477)

3.4% ±0.1% (607,429  ±12,123) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in New York: 4.3% 655,055 (±0.1% / ±10,056)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.9% 17,418,351 (±0% / ±77,987)
607,429 Total veterans ±12,123 561,403 Male ±11,115 46,026 Female ±3,171

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