2024 population: 19,940,274 ( 143,138 from 2020)
Land area: 6139.4 square miles
Population density: 3247.9 persons per square mile

2024 Census data
White:	8,591,060	43.08%	4.5%
Black:	3,121,074	15.65%	3.3%
Indian:	37,788	0.19%	0.9%
Asian:	2,599,739	13.04%	6.8%
2+ races:	350,838	1.76%	6.9%
Hispanic:	5,239,775	26.28%	3.5%

Total non-White:	11,349,214	56.92%	2.3%

2020-2024 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	913,209	11.4
Deaths:	676,690	8.4
Net Migration:	-1,090,161	-13.6
Net Immigration:	721,673	9.0

Change in White population:	-403,158	-2.0
Change in Non-White pop.:	260,020	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
20,083,412
8,994,218	44.78%
3,229,066	16.08%
37,446	0.19%
2,433,703	12.12%
328,254	1.63%
5,060,725	25.20%
11,089,194	55.22%

2010
18,839,740
9,186,263	48.76%
3,041,046	16.14%
31,250	0.17%
1,865,103	9.90%
300,015	1.59%
4,322,387	22.94%
9,653,477	51.24%

2000
18,276,700
9,750,806	53.35%
3,110,375	17.02%
30,214	0.17%
1,350,097	7.39%
386,514	2.11%
3,564,262	19.50%
8,525,894	46.65%

1990
16,818,080
10,422,723	61.97%
2,898,326	17.23%
28,321	0.17%
855,209	5.09%
n/a
2,613,501	15.54%
6,395,357	38.03%

1980
16,345,269
11,301,776	69.14%
2,627,350	16.07%
11,130	0.07%
383,139	2.34%
n/a
1,995,641	12.21%
5,043,493	30.86%

1970
17,050,491
13,555,273	79.50%
2,310,947	13.55%
14,641	0.09%
122,957	0.72%
n/a
957,903	5.62%
3,495,218	20.50%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2010's
2,214,827	11.8
1,281,846	6.8
-1,447,694	-7.7
836,683	4.4

-192,045	-1.0
1,435,717	7.6

Number	Rate
2000's
2,367,249	13.0
1,300,230	7.1
-1,975,759	-10.8
1,115,973	6.1

-564,543	-3.1
1,127,583	6.2

Number	Rate
1990's
2,688,263	16.0
1,531,306	9.1
-1,922,040	-11.4
1,488,167	8.8

-671,917	-4.0
2,130,537	12.7

Number	Rate
1980's
2,409,504	14.7
1,583,540	9.7
-184,290	-1.1
n/a

-879,053	-5.4
1,351,864	8.3

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
-1,708,529	-10.0
n/a

-2,253,497	-13.2
1,548,275	9.1

Age, Family & Household Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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):

2024
Number	Percent
39.6
4,197,781	21.1%
15,742,493	78.9%
3,384,912	17.0%

7,434,209
2.62

4,789,043	64.4%
3,331,793	69.6%
446,648	9.3%
2,645,166	35.6%

2010
Number	Percent
37.7
4,298,142	22.8%
14,541,598	77.2%
2,464,161	13.1%

6,897,025
2.67

4,534,893	65.8%
3,129,694	69.0%
505,646	11.2%
2,362,132	34.2%

2000
Number	Percent
35.9
4,484,773	24.5%
13,791,927	75.5%
2,305,594	12.6%

6,662,359
2.69

4,515,485	67.8%
3,241,148	71.8%
512,370	11.3%
2,146,874	32.2%

1990
Number	Percent
34.5
3,855,358	22.9%
12,962,722	77.1%
2,204,866	13.1%

6,159,729
2.67

4,262,332	69.2%
3,158,474	74.1%
428,997	10.1%
1,897,397	30.8%

1980
Number	Percent
32.7
4,285,143	26.2%
12,060,126	73.8%
1,992,832	12.2%

5,912,986
2.71

4,211,204	71.2%
3,250,548	77.2%
464,555	11.0%
1,701,782	28.8%

2024 Housing Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	404,284	5.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	267,443	3.6%
$15,000 to $19,999	193,148	2.6%
$20,000 to $24,999	212,720	2.9%
$25,000 to $29,999	196,721	2.6%
$30,000 to $34,999	199,134	2.7%
$35,000 to $39,999	189,893	2.6%
$40,000 to $44,999	193,208	2.6%
$45,000 to $49,999	186,461	2.5%
$50,000 to $59,999	369,913	5.0%
$60,000 to $74,999	540,630	7.3%
$75,000 to $99,999	791,084	10.6%
$100,000 to $124,999	681,476	9.2%
$125,000 to $149,999	548,669	7.4%
$150,000 to $199,999	819,141	11.0%
$200,000 or more	1,640,284	22.1%

Median Household Income	101,452
Per Capita Income	56,595

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

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	418,120	5.6%
Public Assistance	296,953	4.0%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	1,154,458	15.5%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	6,757,001	71.8%
Unemployed	460,974	4.9%
In Armed Forces	5,973	0.1%

Total Labor Force	7,223,948	76.8%
Not in Labor Force	2,183,871	23.2%

Real Unemployment Rate		28.1%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	3,443,965	2,943,671	53.9%
Non-Profit	364,009	604,977	37.6%
Self-Employed	589,515	369,749	61.5%

Local Government	379,969	546,757	41.0%
State Government	149,520	168,588	47.0%
Federal Government	100,919	76,648	56.8%

Total Private + Self	4,033,480	3,313,420	54.9%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	994,417	1,396,970	41.6%
Total	5,027,897	4,710,390	51.6%

Pct. Govt.	14.6%
Pct. Private + Self	75.4%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	1,906,186	19.5%
Sales and Office Occupations	1,843,134	18.9%
Professional, Technical	2,767,644	28.4%
Service Occupations	1,715,477	17.6%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	9,607	0.1%
All others	1,521,750	15.6%

White Collar		66.8%

Industry
	Number	%
Health care and social assistance	1,613,360	16.5%
Educational services	1,050,743	10.8%
Professional, scientific, technical	1,049,992	10.8%
Retail trade	907,987	9.3%
Finance and insurance	665,573	6.8%
Transportation and warehousing	560,158	5.7%
Construction	559,011	5.7%
Accommodation and food services	530,142	5.4%
Manufacturing	516,786	5.3%
Other services	451,343	4.6%
Public administration	400,541	4.1%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	398,029	4.1%
Information	304,672	3.1%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	223,750	2.3%
Real estate and rental and leasing	219,615	2.3%
Wholesale trade	214,319	2.2%
Utilities	55,006	0.6%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	16,561	0.2%
Management	14,415	0.1%
Mining, quarrying, oil/gas extraction	2,188	0.0%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	601,336	3.03%
Puerto Rican	1,081,181	5.44%
Cuban	151,630	0.76%
Dominican	1,189,362	5.99%

Total Central American	657,246	3.31%
Costa Rican	32,706	0.16%
Guatemalan	150,017	0.76%
Honduran	135,881	0.68%
Nicaraguan	23,620	0.12%
Panamanian	34,502	0.17%
Salvadoran	278,632	1.40%
Other Central American	1,888	0.01%

Total South American	1,090,107	5.49%
Argentinean	42,296	0.21%
Bolivian	12,573	0.06%
Chilean	30,077	0.15%
Colombian	316,473	1.59%
Ecuadorian	446,851	2.25%
Paraguayan	8,517	0.04%
Peruvian	165,371	0.83%
Uruguayan	17,039	0.09%
Venezuelan	44,991	0.23%
Other South American	5,919	0.03%

Other Hispanic	326,712	1.65%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Chinese	800,345	4.03%
Indian	680,947	3.43%
Filipino	204,612	1.03%
Korean	197,494	0.99%
Bangladeshi	113,961	0.57%
Japanese	43,823	0.22%
Vietnamese	31,432	0.16%
Taiwanese	28,214	0.14%
Thai	11,196	0.06%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	11,213,574	59.9%
Spanish	3,737,265	19.9%
Other Indo-European	1,075,016	5.7%
Chinese	670,056	3.6%
Russian, Polish, other Slavic	458,325	2.4%
French, Haitian, Cajun	337,062	1.8%
Other	286,715	1.5%
Other Asian	252,963	1.4%
German, other Germanic	221,169	1.2%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
Italian	2,144,535	10.8%
Irish	1,694,149	8.5%
German	1,116,200	5.6%
American	751,728	3.8%
Polish	657,533	3.3%
English	612,189	3.1%
Russian	348,909	1.8%
Jamaican	341,352	1.7%
Haitian	233,099	1.2%
European	177,840	0.9%
French	164,452	0.8%
Eastern European	163,075	0.8%
Hungarian	155,761	0.8%
Guyanese	154,907	0.8%
Ukrainian	154,310	0.8%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	17,402,615	87.6%
Not a citizen	2,456,543	12.4%

Native	13,901,606	70.0%
Foreign-born	5,957,552	30.0%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
937,577	6.7%	794,319	5.7%	3,213,535	22.9%	2,889,089	20.6%	3,529,427	25.2%	2,652,302	18.9%
Average years of education: 13.8

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	937,577	6.7%
9-12 Years	794,319	5.7%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,213,535	22.9%
Some College	2,889,089	20.6%
Bach. Degree	3,529,427	25.2%
Grad Degree	2,652,302	18.9%
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	16,844,159	15,930,592	913,567	5.4%
1991	16,617,442	15,398,406	1,219,036	7.3%
1992	16,651,632	15,122,912	1,528,720	9.2%
1993	16,587,350	15,185,904	1,401,446	8.4%
1994	16,587,416	15,385,313	1,202,103	7.2%
1995	16,672,252	15,554,629	1,117,623	6.7%
1996	17,007,131	15,872,901	1,134,230	6.7%
1997	17,443,053	16,300,625	1,142,428	6.5%
1998	17,529,051	16,554,863	974,188	5.6%
1999	17,707,804	16,808,378	899,426	5.1%

2000	17,794,697	17,006,922	787,775	4.4%
2001	17,793,135	16,924,955	868,180	4.9%
2002	18,068,184	16,902,998	1,165,186	6.4%
2003	18,044,979	16,859,281	1,185,698	6.6%
2004	18,153,750	17,122,691	1,031,059	5.7%
2005	18,323,611	17,436,015	887,596	4.8%
2006	18,499,464	17,666,912	832,552	4.5%
2007	18,575,636	17,773,800	801,836	4.3%
2008	18,866,973	17,866,212	1,000,761	5.3%
2009	18,956,851	17,321,811	1,635,040	8.6%

2010	19,007,066	17,287,641	1,719,425	9.0%
2011	18,971,101	17,327,312	1,643,789	8.7%
2012	19,131,111	17,439,089	1,692,022	8.8%
2013	19,171,437	17,636,534	1,534,903	8.0%
2014	19,117,468	17,891,494	1,225,974	6.4%
2015	19,181,380	18,165,381	1,015,999	5.3%
2016	19,188,477	18,266,618	921,859	4.8%
2017	19,246,255	18,397,116	849,139	4.4%
2018	19,142,108	18,390,409	751,699	3.9%
2019	19,241,351	18,553,601	687,750	3.6%

2020	18,801,102	16,829,395	1,971,707	10.5%
2021	19,519,554	18,040,565	1,478,989	7.6%
2022	19,729,524	18,873,701	855,823	4.3%
2023	20,028,351	19,135,093	893,258	4.5%
2024	20,457,643	19,530,583	927,060	4.5%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	8,078,843
Median Value	$686,947

Occupied	7,434,209	92.0%
Vacant	644,634	8.0%

Owned	3,836,333	51.6%
Rented	3,597,876	48.4%
Median Rent	$1,906

Single-Family Units	3,418,673	42.3%
Detached	2,841,204	35.2%
Attached	577,469	7.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	3,220,105	39.9%
Mobile Homes	36,042	0.4%

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

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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

2024 Housing Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area

2024 Income & Employment Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area

2024 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area

2024 Educational Attainment Data for New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area

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