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New York--Jersey City--Newark, NY--NJ Urban Area

19,268,388 Population
3,248 square miles 5,932.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,123 ±$417 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$98,640 ±$941 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.8% ±0.3% (2,425,658  ±48,313) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

36.5 minutes ±0.2 (301,945,630  ±2,014,201) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

7,241,852 ±19,469 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (18,844,660  ±16,479) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.8% ±0.2% (218,556  ±9,820) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

7,841,478 ±6,986 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$650,900 ±$2,607 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.7% ±0.2% (1,649,731  ±36,893.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

87.2% ±0.4% (11,905,526  ±59,969.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
44.9% ±0.3% (6,128,704  ±41,377.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

42.1% ±0.3% (7,660,589  ±54,561.4) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

31.4% ±0.2% (6,051,332  ±44,123) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.4% ±0.1% (362,640  ±9,710) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
362,640 Total veterans ±9,710 331,546 Male ±9,272 31,094 Female ±3,131

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