Median Household Income
$85,974
Median Home Value
$423,800
Median Gross Rent
$1,621/mo
Poverty Rate
14.0%
Unemployment Rate
6.4%
Homeownership Rate
54.3%
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
40.2%
Median Age
39.8
Population Over Time
New York grew 1.3% from 2014 to 2024.
2014
19,594,330
2016
19,697,457
2018
19,618,453
2020
19,514,849
2022
19,994,379
2024
19,852,366
Business & Industry
New York has 541,313 business establishments employing 8,767,091 people.
Professional, scientific, and technical services
62,625
Health care and social assistance
61,104
Other services (except public administration)
58,223
Accommodation and food services
55,397
Construction
51,349
Real estate and rental and leasing
33,910
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
27,335
Wholesale trade
26,515
Establishments by industry sector. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns.
Largest Cities in New York
See all →New York8,622,467 people$80,483Buffalo276,688 people$50,041Rochester210,992 people$47,213Yonkers209,780 people$83,549Syracuse146,134 people$47,819Albany99,692 people$61,986New Rochelle80,828 people$109,167Cheektowaga76,483 people$68,613Mount Vernon72,817 people$78,779Schenectady68,476 people$58,399Utica64,728 people$52,484White Plains59,421 people$110,763Hempstead58,557 people$90,420Tonawanda Town57,210 people$77,679Troy51,268 people$58,477Levittown50,804 people$146,068Irondequoit50,780 people$79,162Niagara Falls48,502 people$49,101Binghamton47,617 people$45,578West Seneca45,387 people$79,709Freeport44,210 people$120,625Hicksville44,084 people$144,471West Babylon42,783 people$129,519Coram42,169 people$105,220Valley Stream40,288 people$133,190Elmont37,866 people$114,217East Meadow36,856 people$133,971Brighton36,819 people$85,467Central Islip36,519 people$113,707Commack35,770 people$169,792Long Beach34,734 people$140,739Huntington Station34,588 people$135,477Kiryas Joel34,368 people$50,032New City33,837 people$173,046Baldwin33,776 people$145,472Uniondale33,192 people$124,684Spring Valley32,963 people$57,196Rome32,031 people$59,925Franklin Square31,969 people$143,263Centereach31,889 people$132,240Poughkeepsie31,717 people$60,741Oceanside31,488 people$149,560Ithaca31,359 people$48,784Port Chester31,288 people$92,222Bay Shore30,553 people$105,618North Tonawanda30,479 people$66,961Middletown30,169 people$79,346Newburgh28,751 people$56,960Harrison28,721 people$164,250Jamestown28,679 people$43,523
Counties in New York
Albany CountyAllegany CountyBronx CountyBroome CountyCattaraugus CountyCayuga CountyChautauqua CountyChemung CountyChenango CountyClinton CountyColumbia CountyCortland CountyDelaware CountyDutchess CountyErie CountyEssex CountyFranklin CountyFulton CountyGenesee CountyGreene CountyHamilton CountyHerkimer CountyJefferson CountyKings CountyLewis CountyLivingston CountyMadison CountyMonroe CountyMontgomery CountyNassau CountyNew York CountyNiagara CountyOneida CountyOnondaga CountyOntario CountyOrange CountyOrleans CountyOswego CountyOtsego CountyPutnam CountyQueens CountyRensselaer CountyRichmond CountyRockland CountySaratoga CountySchenectady CountySchoharie CountySchuyler CountySeneca CountySteuben CountySt. Lawrence CountySuffolk CountySullivan CountyTioga CountyTompkins CountyUlster CountyWarren CountyWashington CountyWayne CountyWestchester CountyWyoming CountyYates County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, ACS 2020-2024.