2024 population: 20,002,650 ( 139,307 from 2020)
Land area: 6684.3 square miles
Population density: 2992.5 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	8,639,222	43.19%	4.4%
Black:	3,124,821	15.62%	3.3%
Indian:	37,955	0.19%	0.9%
Asian:	2,600,686	13.00%	6.8%
2+ races:	351,936	1.76%	6.9%
Hispanic:	5,248,030	26.24%	3.6%

Total non-White:	11,363,428	56.81%	2.4%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	915,060	11.4
Deaths:	679,431	8.4
Net Migration:	-1,085,890	-13.5
Net Immigration:	722,175	9.0

Change in White population:	-401,689	-2.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	262,382	1.3

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2020
20,141,957
9,040,911	44.89%
3,232,342	16.05%
37,598	0.19%
2,434,498	12.09%
329,161	1.63%
5,067,447	25.16%
11,101,046	55.11%

2010
19,567,410
9,709,883	49.62%
3,105,386	15.87%
32,750	0.17%
1,884,874	9.63%
313,230	1.60%
4,426,012	22.62%
9,857,527	50.38%

2000
18,944,519
10,282,048	54.27%
3,162,431	16.69%
31,567	0.17%
1,362,587	7.19%
396,020	2.09%
3,624,375	19.13%
8,662,471	45.73%

1990
17,413,155
10,933,276	62.79%
2,939,963	16.88%
29,511	0.17%
865,183	4.97%
n/a
2,645,222	15.19%
6,479,879	37.21%

1980
16,868,198
11,768,861	69.77%
2,659,831	15.77%
12,170	0.07%
387,590	2.30%
n/a
2,013,156	11.93%
5,099,337	30.23%

1970
17,506,261
13,973,536	79.82%
2,340,994	13.37%
14,986	0.09%
124,442	0.71%
n/a
962,494	5.50%
3,532,725	20.18%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
2,218,113	11.3
1,286,011	6.6
-1,448,667	-7.4
837,005	4.3

-668,972	-3.4
1,243,519	6.4

Number	Rate
2000's
2,448,937	12.9
1,347,487	7.1
-1,947,443	-10.3
1,126,657	5.9

-572,165	-3.0
1,195,056	6.3

Number	Rate
1990's
2,777,720	16.0
1,579,286	9.1
-1,916,179	-11.0
1,495,885	8.6

-651,228	-3.7
2,182,592	12.5

Number	Rate
1980's
2,489,093	14.8
1,629,931	9.7
-140,438	-0.8
n/a

-835,585	-5.0
1,380,542	8.2

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-1,672,967	-9.6
n/a

-2,204,675	-12.6
1,566,612	8.9

Age, Family & Household Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
39.3
4,237,418	21.2%
15,765,232	78.8%
3,232,360	16.2%

7,321,054
2.66

4,765,517	65.1%
3,341,727	70.1%
443,716	9.3%
2,555,537	34.9%

2010
Number	Percent
37.7
4,478,998	22.9%
15,088,412	77.1%
2,554,753	13.1%

7,152,840
2.68

4,715,133	65.9%
3,268,046	69.3%
521,736	11.1%
2,437,707	34.1%

2000
Number	Percent
35.9
4,665,738	24.6%
14,278,781	75.4%
2,381,504	12.6%

6,894,334
2.69

4,683,372	67.9%
3,376,335	72.1%
526,542	11.2%
2,210,962	32.1%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
4,009,794	23.0%
13,403,361	77.0%
2,271,061	13.0%

6,361,630
2.67

4,413,617	69.4%
3,285,185	74.4%
438,749	9.9%
1,948,013	30.6%

1980
Number	Percent
32.6
4,437,522	26.3%
12,430,676	73.7%
2,051,356	12.2%

6,085,055
2.72

4,342,763	71.4%
3,362,551	77.4%
473,931	10.9%
1,742,292	28.6%

2022 Housing Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	381,008	5.2%
$10,000 to $14,999	285,340	3.9%
$15,000 to $19,999	213,638	2.9%
$20,000 to $24,999	224,684	3.1%
$25,000 to $29,999	221,053	3.0%
$30,000 to $34,999	203,357	2.8%
$35,000 to $39,999	199,285	2.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	192,291	2.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	200,170	2.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	392,047	5.4%
$60,000 to $74,999	537,656	7.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	791,788	10.8%
$100,000 to $124,999	682,810	9.3%
$125,000 to $149,999	550,160	7.5%
$150,000 to $199,999	795,209	10.9%
$200,000 or more	1,450,558	19.8%

Median Household Income	96,121
Per Capita Income	52,981

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to U.S.	130

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	411,312	5.6%
Public Assistance	264,655	3.6%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,048,210	14.3%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	6,870,266	71.6%
Unemployed	451,231	4.7%
In Armed Forces	5,570	0.1%

Total Labor Force	7,327,067	76.3%
Not in Labor Force	2,269,716	23.7%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.4%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,521,547	2,978,624	54.2%
Non-Profit	345,802	572,570	37.7%
Self-Employed	589,207	354,362	62.4%

Local Government	387,281	531,128	42.2%
State Government	144,593	172,145	45.7%
Federal Government	97,232	73,051	57.1%

Total Private + Self	4,110,754	3,332,986	55.2%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	974,908	1,348,894	42.0%
Total	5,085,662	4,681,880	52.1%

Pct. Govt.	14.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,832,777	18.7%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,940,079	19.8%
Professional, Technical	2,689,970	27.5%
Service Occupations	1,751,130	17.9%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	9,654	0.1%
All others	1,568,388	16.0%

White Collar		66.1%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	1,591,648	16.3%
Educational services	1,034,367	10.6%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,000,986	10.2%
Retail trade	935,367	9.6%
Finance and insurance	661,669	6.8%
Construction	572,266	5.8%
Transportation and warehousing	566,039	5.8%
Accommodation and food services	555,468	5.7%
Manufacturing	522,714	5.3%
Other services	445,550	4.6%
Public administration	402,515	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	387,271	4.0%
Information	311,459	3.2%
Wholesale trade	240,950	2.5%
Real estate and rental and leasing	235,409	2.4%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	229,090	2.3%
Utilities	56,627	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	16,526	0.2%
Management	14,277	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,146	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	581,666	2.92%
Puerto Rican	1,160,851	5.83%
Cuban	151,026	0.76%
Dominican	1,183,747	5.95%

Total Central American	599,898	3.01%
Costa Rican	30,360	0.15%
Guatemalan	134,527	0.68%
Honduran	124,710	0.63%
Nicaraguan	22,172	0.11%
Panamanian	34,574	0.17%
Salvadoran	250,730	1.26%
Other Central American	2,825	0.01%

Total South American	1,013,556	5.09%
Argentinean	44,865	0.23%
Bolivian	11,264	0.06%
Chilean	26,546	0.13%
Colombian	297,186	1.49%
Ecuadorian	410,785	2.06%
Paraguayan	8,636	0.04%
Peruvian	156,542	0.79%
Uruguayan	15,546	0.08%
Venezuelan	36,280	0.18%
Other South American	5,906	0.03%

Other Hispanic	314,808	1.58%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	794,551	3.99%
Indian	675,750	3.39%
Filipino	208,765	1.05%
Korean	197,367	0.99%
Bangladeshi	100,203	0.50%
Japanese	42,963	0.22%
Vietnamese	30,591	0.15%
Taiwanese	25,048	0.13%
Thai	11,918	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	11,312,375	60.3%
Spanish	3,719,539	19.8%
Other Indo-European	1,052,282	5.6%
Chinese	663,801	3.5%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	462,074	2.5%
French, Haitian, Cajun	330,307	1.8%
Other	276,581	1.5%
Other Asian	247,368	1.3%
German, other Germanic	210,324	1.1%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Italian	2,246,678	11.3%
Irish	1,735,473	8.7%
German	1,154,802	5.8%
American	787,932	4.0%
Polish	704,440	3.5%
English	590,527	3.0%
Russian	388,228	2.0%
Jamaican	336,978	1.7%
Haitian	231,552	1.2%
European	184,571	0.9%
Eastern European	172,065	0.9%
French	170,111	0.9%
Guyanese	163,510	0.8%
Hungarian	162,551	0.8%
Greek	160,036	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	17,513,851	88.0%
Not a citizen	2,394,744	12.0%

Native	14,027,361	70.5%
Foreign-born	5,881,234	29.5%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
930,663	6.7%	826,359	5.9%	3,294,473	23.6%	2,940,324	21.1%	3,426,175	24.5%	2,541,405	18.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	930,663	6.7%
9-12 Years	826,359	5.9%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,294,473	23.6%
Some College	2,940,324	21.1%
Bach. Degree	3,426,175	24.5%
Grad Degree	2,541,405	18.2%
Average years of education: 13.8

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	16,857,876	15,943,520	914,356	5.4%
1991	16,632,242	15,412,008	1,220,234	7.3%
1992	16,667,126	15,137,122	1,530,004	9.2%
1993	16,603,486	15,200,822	1,402,664	8.4%
1994	16,603,902	15,400,560	1,203,342	7.2%
1995	16,688,958	15,570,328	1,118,630	6.7%
1996	17,024,518	15,889,396	1,135,122	6.7%
1997	17,461,122	16,317,766	1,143,356	6.5%
1998	17,547,436	16,572,438	974,998	5.6%
1999	17,726,930	16,826,830	900,100	5.1%

2000	17,815,946	17,027,356	788,590	4.4%
2001	17,815,406	16,946,158	869,248	4.9%
2002	18,091,272	16,924,802	1,166,470	6.4%
2003	18,069,092	16,881,990	1,187,102	6.6%
2004	18,178,674	17,146,146	1,032,528	5.7%
2005	18,349,472	17,460,350	889,122	4.8%
2006	18,526,492	17,692,368	834,124	4.5%
2007	18,603,294	17,799,906	803,388	4.3%
2008	18,895,368	17,892,892	1,002,476	5.3%
2009	18,985,246	17,347,652	1,637,594	8.6%

2010	19,033,104	17,311,226	1,721,878	9.0%
2011	18,997,134	17,350,820	1,646,314	8.7%
2012	19,157,108	17,462,514	1,694,594	8.8%
2013	19,197,218	17,659,908	1,537,310	8.0%
2014	19,142,598	17,914,698	1,227,900	6.4%
2015	19,206,374	18,188,712	1,017,662	5.3%
2016	19,213,440	18,290,008	923,432	4.8%
2017	19,271,010	18,420,380	850,630	4.4%
2018	19,167,212	18,414,132	753,080	3.9%
2019	19,266,744	18,577,554	689,190	3.6%

2020	18,825,954	16,851,608	1,974,346	10.5%
2021	19,544,942	18,064,208	1,480,734	7.6%
2022	19,755,316	18,898,038	857,278	4.3%
2023	20,054,302	19,159,844	894,458	4.5%
2024	20,486,584	19,558,280	928,304	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	7,981,356
Median Value	$641,798

Occupied	7,321,054	91.7%
Vacant	660,302	8.3%

Owned	3,786,708	51.7%
Rented	3,534,346	48.3%
Median Rent	$1,778

Single-Family Units	3,395,102	42.5%
Detached	2,833,620	35.5%
Attached	561,482	7.0%
Buldings with 5+ Units	3,140,624	39.3%
Mobile Homes	34,781	0.4%

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

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

2022 Housing Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

2022 Income & Employment Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

2022 Educational Attainment Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area

Historical Labor Force Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA Metro Area