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New York County

New York · 1,664,862 residents (2025 est.) · 22.7 sq mi
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New York County is home to 1,629,477 people in New York. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $1,090,500. Owners hold 25% of the housing stock. 64% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. That puts it in the top 1% of US counties for household income. Density works out to 71,916 people per square mile.

At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $103,931, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.9
US median: 38.9
More educated
64% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 66%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place

What stands out about New York County

What changed most since 1990

  • White share49.0% → 45.5% (−3.4 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
  • Adults with a bachelor's degree42.2% → 64.2% (+22.0 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
  • Homes owned by their occupants17.9% → 25.1% (+7.2 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts

Among the 62 counties in New York

  • 6th in household income$103,931
  • 1st in share with a bachelor's degree64.2%
  • 1st in home value$1,090,500
  • 3rd in diversity score87.4
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
1,629,477
+6%since 2000
from 1,537,195 in 2000
1,664,862 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
71,916 / sq mi
+6%since 2000
from 67,843 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
38.9
+9%since 2000
from 35.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
22.7 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
1.5M1.5M1.6M1.7M1.7M19902000201020202024New York County
20241.6M
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.1%(67,133)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 93.6%(58,375)
US avg: 6%
10 to 144%(64,772)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 194.4%(72,263)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.5%(105,207)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3420.9%(341,066)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4414.6%(238,537)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.1%(196,447)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6411.7%(189,984)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 749.8%(159,294)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.8%(95,084)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.5%(41,315)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$103,931
+21%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $47,030 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$95,980
+124%since 2000
from $42,922 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
60.1%
+14.2 ptssince 2009
from 45.9% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
16.5%
−3.5 ptssince 2000
from 20.0% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.598
−1%since 2010
from 0.601 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Other services15.8%
US avg: 6.7%
Public administration12.9%
US avg: 4.8%
Information7%
US avg: 10.8%
Arts, entertainment, food5.6%
US avg: 1.9%
Finance & insurance3%
US avg: 5.9%
Professional, scientific, technical2.8%
US avg: 5.1%
Retail trade2.5%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade1.8%
US avg: 6.9%
Transportation & warehousing1.5%
US avg: 2.2%
Education & health services0.2%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.1%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.1%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$1,090,500
+66%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $361,100 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$2,197
+52%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $796 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
25.1%
+4.9 ptssince 2000
from 20.1% in 2000
74.9% rent
Vacancy rate
15.7%
+3.6 ptssince 2009
from 12.1% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.00 people
−5%since 2009
from 2.11 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
27.4%
+2.4 ptssince 2009
from 25.0% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
45.9%
+3.7 ptssince 2009
from 42.2% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
10.5
−12%since 2009
from 12.0 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
48
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic45.8%(703,873)
Black15.3%(234,698)
Hispanic / Latino27.2%(417,816)
Asian9.3%(143,291)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic45.5%(742,076)
Black12.5%(203,638)
Hispanic / Latino24.4%(398,102)
Asian12.4%(201,699)
Other5.2%(83,962)
Diversity Score
87
+5%since 2009
from 83 in 2009
1990 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
48
−6%since 2020
from 51 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Dominican10.1%(164,086)
Puerto Rican5.1%(83,665)
South American2.5%(41,524)
Mexican2.5%(41,385)
Central American1.2%(19,779)
Ecuadorian0.9%(14,727)
Cuban0.7%(11,092)
Colombian0.6%(9,388)
Spaniard0.4%(6,894)
Salvadoran0.3%(5,162)
Peruvian0.3%(5,159)
Honduran0.3%(4,771)
+ 10 more hispanic origin groups with data
Argentine0.3%(4,222)
Venezuelan0.2%(4,052)
Panamanian0.2%(3,270)
Guatemalan0.2%(2,892)
Nicaraguan0.2%(2,550)
Chilean0.1%(1,966)
Uruguayan0.1%(948)
Costa Rican0.1%(922)
Bolivian0%(489)
Paraguayan0%(459)
Asian origin
Chinese6.1%(99,347)
Asian Indian2.2%(36,603)
Korean1.1%(17,728)
Japanese0.7%(11,372)
Filipino0.7%(10,840)
Taiwanese0.3%(5,198)
Pakistani0.2%(3,966)
Vietnamese0.2%(3,023)
Bangladeshi0.1%(1,542)
Thai0.1%(920)
Malaysian0.1%(873)
Nepalese0%(478)
+ 10 more asian origin groups with data
Mongolian0%(394)
Indonesian0%(384)
Uzbek0%(377)
Sri Lankan0%(329)
Cambodian0%(294)
Burmese0%(270)
Laotian0%(211)
Kazakh0%(196)
Hmong0%(33)
Pacific Islander origin
Native Hawaiian0.1%(1,119)
Samoan0%(259)
Chamorro0%(82)
Tongan0%(55)
Guamanian0%(38)
Ancestry
Irish7.1%(115,392)
Italian6.1%(99,217)
German5.7%(93,393)
English5.1%(82,586)
American4.5%(73,548)
Polish3.3%(53,529)
Russian3.1%(50,516)
French2%(31,888)
Subsaharan African1.9%(30,735)
West Indian1.8%(30,132)
Arab1.2%(19,287)
Scottish1.1%(17,781)
+ 51 more ancestry groups with data
Ukrainian0.8%(13,695)
Hungarian0.7%(11,404)
Greek0.7%(11,374)
British0.7%(10,594)
Austrian0.6%(9,761)
Jamaican0.6%(9,667)
Swedish0.5%(8,886)
Dutch0.5%(8,791)
Romanian0.5%(8,134)
Norwegian0.5%(7,739)
Haitian0.4%(6,654)
Turkish0.3%(5,634)
Scotch-Irish0.3%(5,482)
Iranian0.3%(5,468)
Welsh0.3%(5,395)
Israeli0.3%(5,376)
Lebanese0.3%(4,979)
Brazilian0.3%(4,892)
Portuguese0.3%(4,716)
Lithuanian0.3%(4,713)
Czech0.3%(4,543)
Swiss0.2%(3,633)
Canadian0.2%(3,445)
French Canadian0.2%(3,333)
Egyptian0.2%(3,317)
Danish0.2%(3,005)
Armenian0.2%(2,951)
Nigerian0.2%(2,846)
Australian0.2%(2,799)
Croatian0.2%(2,526)
Guyanese0.1%(2,337)
Slovak0.1%(1,931)
Finnish0.1%(1,902)
Belgian0.1%(1,786)
Moroccan0.1%(1,716)
Ethiopian0.1%(1,677)
Syrian0.1%(1,656)
Macedonian0.1%(1,612)
Bulgarian0.1%(1,489)
Latvian0.1%(1,319)
Palestinian0.1%(1,214)
Serbian0.1%(1,214)
Ghanaian0.1%(1,213)
Barbadian0.1%(1,097)
Iraqi0.1%(1,063)
Slovene0%(605)
Kenyan0%(454)
Jordanian0%(260)
Somali0%(56)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
64.2%
+14.8 ptssince 2000
from 49.4% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
89.5%
+10.8 ptssince 2000
from 78.7% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
31.3%
+7.9 ptssince 2000
from 23.4% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
31.2 min
+62%since 2000
from 19.3 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
5.6%
−1.4 ptssince 2009
from 7.0% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
1.3%
−1.0 ptssince 2009
from 2.3% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
43.8%
−14.1 ptssince 2009
from 57.8% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
25.5%
+19.2 ptssince 2009
from 6.3% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
17.8%
−3.1 ptssince 2009
from 21.0% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
2.7%
+1.7 ptssince 2009
from 1.0% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
78.0%
+1.0 ptssince 2009
from 77.0% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
7.6%
−0.8 ptssince 2011
from 8.4% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
66.5%
−0.6 ptssince 2011
from 67.2% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
78.2%
+1.2 ptssince 2020
from 77.0% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
11.9%
+0.3 ptssince 2009
from 11.6% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
65.6%
+8.0 ptssince 2009
from 57.6% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
47.8%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 47.6% in 2009
Female
52.2%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 52.4% in 2009
Foreign born
28.2%
+0.7 ptssince 2009
from 27.5% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
1.7%
−2.0 ptssince 2009
from 3.8% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
11.9%
+1.9 ptssince 2012
from 10.0% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
4.2%
−6.4 ptssince 2013
from 10.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
92.4%
+10.5 ptssince 2017
from 81.9% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
95.7%
+3.4 ptssince 2020
from 92.3% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
83.6%
−0.8 ptssince 2020
from 84.5% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
63.1%
+3.1 ptssince 2016
from 60.0% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
19.2%
−3.0 ptssince 2016
from 22.2% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married51.4%(350,969)
Married39.8%(271,431)
Widowed2%(13,634)
Divorced6.8%(46,201)
Women 15+
Never married49.3%(373,346)
Married33.2%(251,139)
Widowed7.2%(54,224)
Divorced10.3%(78,253)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
4.2%
−6.4 ptssince 2013
from 10.6% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
58.2%
−0.8 ptssince 2020
from 59.0% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
14.8%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 14.1% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
18.4%
+1.3 ptssince 2020
from 17.1% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
23.5%
+1.1 ptssince 2020
from 22.4% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
0.6%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 0.7% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
69.9%
−0.5 ptssince 2020
from 70.4% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
35.9%
+2.0 ptssince 2020
from 33.9% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)22.6%(5,431)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)16.8%(4,034)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.5%(6,626)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War7.1%(1,717)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.5%(600)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 24,063 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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Over time

New York County, decade by decade

New York County population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
YearPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueBachelor's degree+Diversity score
19901,487,536$77,431$1,129,71242.2%82.2
20001,537,195$85,672$657,80049.4%85.5
20101,585,873$93,465$1,187,10957.0%84.4
20201,694,251$108,856$1,241,73462.2%86.6
20241,629,477$103,931$1,090,50064.2%87.4

Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.

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Frequently asked

How many people live in New York County, New York?

New York County, New York has about 1,629,477 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in New York County, New York?

The typical household in New York County, New York earns about $103,931 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is New York County, New York expensive?

In New York County, New York, the median home is worth about $1,090,500, and the typical rent is about $2,197 a month.

How educated are people in New York County, New York?

About 64.2% of adults age 25 and over in New York County, New York hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in New York County, New York?

About 16.5% of people in New York County, New York live below the federal poverty line.

Has New York County, New York grown since 1990?

Yes, New York County, New York has grown since 1990. The population has added about 141,941 residents, a change of about 10 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · UPDATED 2024

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