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

18,832,416 Population
3,248 square miles 5,798.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±0.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$53,427 ±$356 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$94,043 ±$844 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

13% ±0.3% (2,407,783  ±49,149) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

36 minutes ±0.2 (289,648,700  ±2,039,657) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

7,239,550 ±17,668 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (18,431,864  ±16,364) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5% ±0.2% (222,222  ±10,421) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

7,791,582 ±6,898 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$613,300 ±$2,864 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

8.9% ±0.2% (1,651,491  ±35,258.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

87.7% ±0.4% (11,695,623  ±58,864.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
44.4% ±0.3% (5,920,776  ±41,093.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

41.2% ±0.4% (7,333,429  ±62,852.8) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

31% ±0.2% (5,844,561  ±41,281) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

2.5% ±0.1% (368,311  ±9,613) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
368,311 Total veterans ±9,613 338,098 Male ±10,055 30,213 Female ±3,929

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