New York Population 2024

March 2, 2024 by Babji

New York State (U.S. state abbreviation is 'NY' or 'NYS') is the fourth populous and north-eastern state of United States. New York State population in 2024 is estimated to be 19.5 million and its fourth most populous US state. New York is losing population and is decreased by half million since the last census in 2020 due to migration to other regions in two years, out of these 180,341 people moved in 2021. The state is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south and Connecticut and Massachusetts and Vermont to the east, Quebec, a province of Canada to the north and Ontario (Canadian province) to the northwest. NYC is the most populous city in the New York state occupying more than 40% of the states population. The colony of New Netherland was established by the Dutch West India Company in 1624, following its capture the name was changed to New York, in honor of the Duke of York. The New York metropolitan area is one of the most populous in the world. New York State has an area of 54,555 square miles and population density of 421 people per square mile and home to Statue of Liberty. The NYS has 1,300 museums and art galleries, and around 200 theatres and many arts centres. New York cost of living is generally considered the most expensive compared to other US states of cost of living. New York state is the Agriculture land covers nearly one-third of the state's area. Dairy industry is the main source of farm income, providing more than one-half of the total. The NYS has a total of 62 counties, which are divided into 1,500 towns and villages. Many of the urban areas are incorporated to cities. Villages remain subdivision part of the town in which they are located. New York state remained one of the most populous states in the country till Texas overtook New York as the second most populous state in 2000. Until the year 1960, New York was the leading state in nearly all population, cultural, and economic activities till the California started to grow in the middle of the decade with enormous growth rate. New York's economic advantage is of transportation routes that connect urban centres within the state. New York state's economy ranks among the largest in the world and accounts for important portion of the country's GDP. This is due to the early economic policies in the 21st century, and has improved business climate, and encouraging the building of corporate facilities which lead to increasing the number of new jobs. Bovada is not legal in New York and online betting lines. Watertown, Auburn, Jamestown, Niagara Falls, Oswego City, Schenectady are the most dangerous cities in New York State.

Contents
Population by Race
Top Cities of New York
Population Pyramid
Languages
Education
Disablity
Counties of New York
History

The New York state population is around 19 million from 2010 onwards with the slitest change of -0.25% to 0.51%. As on 2018 the estimated population is 19.5 million. According to U.S. 2020 Census Results, NY State population in 2020 is 20,201,249. New York State population in 2023 is estimated to be 19.46 million, population in 2022 is estimated to be 19.67 million and in 2021 is estimated to be 19.8 million.

Year	Population	% Change
2010	19,400,080
2011	19,498,514	0.51
2012	19,574,549	0.39
2013	19,628,043	0.27
2014	19,656,330	0.14
2015	19,661,411	0.03
2016	19,641,589	-0.10
2017	19,590,719	-0.26
2018	19,542,209	-0.25
2019	19,512,896	-0.15
2020	20,201,249	census updated July 1, 2020
2021*	19,835,913	-1.81
2022*	19,657,390	-0.90
2023*	19,506,028	-0.77

Source : Annual Estimates of the Resident Population: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2018, last census by July 1, 2020

New York Population by Race

According to 2017 estimates population of New York by race are:

White Population

White population in New York are 12,638,791, percentage wise 63.84 percent are whites. Whites, also called White Americans or European American, having origins in the original peoples of Europe (numbers include hispanic whites).

Black Population

Black population in New York are 3,100,685, percentage wise 15.66 percent are blacks. African American refers to black population in New York, They are Black racial groups of Africa, includes Sub-Saharan African people, Kenyan, Nigerian, Caribbean such as Haitian and Jamaican.

Asian Population

Asian population in New York are 1,652,846, percentage wise 8.35 percent are asians, out of these 372,309 are Asian Indians, 706,831 are Chinese, 115,857 are Filipinos, 37,834 are Japanese, 129,987 are Korean, 30,544 are Vietnamese and 259,484 are other Asian nationals.

Hispanic Population

Hispanic population in New York are 3,726,238. Percentage wise 18.82 percent are hispanics, out of these 478,850 are Mexican people, 1,112,962 are Puerto Ricans, 76,337 are Cubans, and 2,058,089 are other Hispanic or Latinos. Hispanics may be of any race, included in applicable race categories. Total NHPI are 7,937, out of these Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander are 7,937 people which includes 2303 are Native Hawaiian, 1047 are Guamanian or Chamorro, 925 are Samoan people.

Total Population	19,798,228	Percent
White	12,638,791	63.84%
Black or African American	3,100,685	15.66%
American Indian and Alaska Native	77,130	0.390%
Cherokee tribal grouping	3,700	0.019%
Chippewa tribal grouping	667	0.003%
Navajo tribal grouping	361	0.002%
Sioux tribal grouping	336	0.002%
Asian Population	1,652,846	8.35%
Asian Indian	372,309	1.88%
Chinese	706,831	3.57%
Filipino	115,857	0.59%
Japanese	37,834	0.19%
Korean	129,987	0.66%
Vietnamese	30,544	0.15%
Other Asian Population	259,484
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	7,937	0.04%
Native Hawaiian	2,303	0.012%
Guamanian or Chamorro	1,047	0.005%
Samoan	925	0.005%
Other Pacific Islander	3,662
Some other race	1,730,813
Hispanic or Latino	3,726,238	18.82%
Mexican	478,850	2.42%
Puerto Rican	1,112,962	5.62%
Cuban	76,337	0.39%
Other Hispanic or Latino	2,058,089

Source: US Census 2017(Table B03002)

Top Cities of New York

According to latest US Census there are 795 US Cities, the popular cities of New York State are, New York city is the populous and largest urban city in the US, As per the estimates Urban Agglomeration of UN World Population Prospects, New York-Newark is the UA, with population of 19 million ranks eleventh city in the world, and top five most populous cities in the world are Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai, SÃ£o Paulo and Mexico City. Buffalo is the second populous city in New york with 256,304, followed by Rochester with 206,284 and Yonkers with 199,663. New York Zip code starts with one.

The minimum age for learner's permit 16 years old, to get full licenses minimum age is 17 w/classes or 18 years, and 20 years for rent a car in New York. The highest cigarette tax in the US is levied by the New York State at $5.35 per pack.

Rank	Cities	Population(2018)
1	New York City	8,398,748
2	Buffalo	256,304
3	Rochester	206,284
4	Yonkers	199,663
5	Syracuse	142,749
6	Albany	97,279
7	New Rochelle	78,742
8	Mount Vernon	67,593
9	Schenectady	65,575
10	Utica	60,100
11	White Plains	58,111
12	Hempstead village	55,255
13	Troy	49,374
14	Niagara Falls	48,144

Population Pyramid

The New York state population pyramid is a graphical representation of the age and sex of a population, pyramid with the wide base suggests growing population, with a narrow base indicates declining birth rates.

Source: 2021 US Census Estimates: Population In Five Year Age-Group

New York Population by Age

According to 2019 US population estimates, population of New York by age is 19,798,228, out of these 9,604,111 are male, 10,194,117 are female, The sex ratio of New York is 942. The New York population by age are, under 15 years is 3,477,367, 15 years and over is 16,320,861, 30 years and over is 12,163,641, 65 years and over is 3,008,351 and 85 years and over is 437,814. 48.51 percent are male, 51.49 percent are female, 17.56 percent are under 15 years old, 82.44 percent are 15 years and over, 61.44 percent are 30 years and over, 15.20 percent are 65 years and over, 2.21 percent are 85 years and over.

Languages spoken in NY

The New York State population has 69.41% of population speak English natively at home, followed by Spanish with 15.1%, European Language with 8.69 and 5.11% of Asian Languages. The most common non-english languages other than Spanish are Chinese(2.61%), Russian(1.2%), Italian(1.18%), French(0.75%), Korean(0.63%), Polish(0.53%) and Bengali(0.43%).

Languages	Population	Percentage
Speak only English	12,924,635	69.41
Spanish Language	2,810,962	15.10
European Language	1,617,553	8.69
Asian Languages	951,683	5.11
Other Languages	316,518	1.70

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1601)

New York Education

Education statistics of New York State as on 2017.

Population 18 to 24 years		1,934,115	974,975	959,140
		Total	Male	Female
	Less than high school graduate	234,097	135,835	98,262
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	501,982	277,732	224,250
	Some college or associates degree	894,633	434,498	460,135
	Bachelors degree or higher	303,403	126,910	176,493
Population 25 years and over		13,660,809	6,480,753	7,180,056
	Less than 9th grade	884,080	412,842	471,238
	9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,011,359	506,670	504,689
	High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,591,287	1,753,096	1,838,191
	Some college, no degree	2,169,152	1,065,449	1,103,703
	Associates degree	1,184,118	508,178	675,940
	Bachelors degree	2,718,987	1,303,264	1,415,723
	Graduate or professional degree	2,101,826	931,254	1,170,572

White		8,067,280	3,879,104	4,188,176
	High school graduate or higher	7,492,159	3,588,323	3,903,836
	Bachelors degree or higher	3,344,440	1,595,504	1,748,936
Black or African		2,040,941	903,979	1,136,962
	High school graduate or higher	1,694,562	742,627	951,935
	Bachelors degree or higher	473,464	182,584	290,880
American Indian or Alaska Native alone		49,603	24,015	25,588
	High school graduate or higher	36,336	16,937	19,399
	Bachelors degree or higher	8,536	3,671	4,865
Asian		1,168,646	544,547	624,099
	High school graduate or higher	916,464	436,115	480,349
	Bachelors degree or higher	536,703	254,463	282,240
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander		5,474	2,559	2,915
	High school graduate or higher	4,361	2,015	2,346
	Bachelors degree or higher	1,299	759	540
Hispanic or Latino Origin		2,281,335	1,100,344	1,180,991
	High school graduate or higher	1,560,611	742,479	818,132
	Bachelors degree or higher	413,946	176,286	237,660

Source: US Census 2017(Table S1501)

Disability

New York State disable people stats as on 2017.

Total civilian non-institutionalized population	2,232,221
Male	1,020,401
Female	1,211,820
	-
White	1,498,028
Black or African American	378,352
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	12,692
Asian	108,887
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	808
Some other race	172,994
DISABILITY TYPE
With a hearing difficulty	553,646
With a vision difficulty	408,345
With a cognitive difficulty	814,794
With an ambulatory difficulty	1,227,598
With a self-care difficulty	491,131
With an independent living difficulty	845,810

Counties of New York

New York State has 62 counties, As on 2018, New York population by county, Kings County is most populated county in New York State with 2.58 million, followed by Queens County and Newyork County with 2.2 million and 1.6 million people. Suffolk County and Bronx County stands on 4th and 5th place with 1.4 million population each. New York City which occupies more than 40% of states population, With an estimated 2018 population of 8,398,748, distributed over a land area of about 302.6 square miles (784 sq km), which comprises five counties of Bronx, New York County, Queens, Kings County, and Richmond County. New York is also the most densely populated major city in the United States.

County	Population 2017	Population 2018	% Change	Rank 2017	Rank 2018
Albany County	307,717	307,117	-0.2	14	14
Allegany County	46,688	46,430	-0.6	52	52
Bronx County	1,439,725	1,432,132	-0.5	5	5
Broome County	192,959	191,659	-0.7	19	19
Cattaraugus County	77,245	76,840	-0.5	35	35
Cayuga County	77,463	77,145	-0.4	34	34
Chautauqua County	128,609	127,939	-0.5	23	23
Chemung County	84,874	84,254	-0.7	32	32
Chenango County	47,790	47,536	-0.5	50	50
Clinton County	80,567	80,695	0.2	33	33
Columbia County	60,408	59,916	-0.8	42	42
Cortland County	47,836	47,823	0	49	49
Delaware County	45,020	44,527	-1.1	53	53
Dutchess County	293,450	293,718	0.1	15	15
Erie County	918,794	919,719	0.1	8	8
Essex County	37,511	37,300	-0.6	56	56
Franklin County	50,444	50,293	-0.3	46	46
Fulton County	53,777	53,591	-0.3	45	45
Genesee County	57,816	57,511	-0.5	44	44
Greene County	47,474	47,491	0	51	51
Hamilton County	4,481	4,434	-1	62	62
Herkimer County	62,209	61,833	-0.6	40	40
Jefferson County	113,063	111,755	-1.2	25	25
Kings County	2,596,385	2,582,830	-0.5	1	1
Lewis County	26,576	26,447	-0.5	59	59
Livingston County	63,461	63,227	-0.4	39	39
Madison County	70,831	70,795	-0.1	37	37
Monroe County	742,436	742,474	0	9	9
Montgomery County	49,216	49,455	0.5	47	47
Nassau County	1,357,664	1,358,343	0.1	6	6
New York County	1,629,780	1,628,701	-0.1	3	3
Niagara County	210,866	210,433	-0.2	18	18
Oneida County	230,127	229,577	-0.2	16	17
Onondaga County	461,791	461,809	0	11	11
Ontario County	109,609	109,864	0.2	26	26
Orange County	379,803	381,951	0.6	12	12
Orleans County	40,759	40,612	-0.4	54	54
Oswego County	118,426	117,898	-0.4	24	24
Otsego County	59,903	59,749	-0.3	43	43
Putnam County	98,966	98,892	-0.1	29	29
Queens County	2,296,865	2,278,906	-0.8	2	2
Rensselaer County	159,261	159,442	0.1	21	21
Richmond County	475,516	476,179	0.1	10	10
Rockland County	324,839	325,695	0.3	13	13
St. Lawrence County	108,562	108,047	-0.5	27	27
Saratoga County	229,102	230,163	0.5	17	16
Schenectady County	154,814	155,350	0.3	22	22
Schoharie County	31,236	31,097	-0.4	58	58
Schuyler County	17,925	17,912	-0.1	61	61
Seneca County	34,327	34,300	-0.1	57	57
Steuben County	96,249	95,796	-0.5	30	30
Suffolk County	1,483,571	1,481,093	-0.2	4	4
Sullivan County	75,079	75,498	0.6	36	36
Tioga County	48,650	48,560	-0.2	48	48
Tompkins County	102,678	102,793	0.1	28	28
Ulster County	178,723	178,599	-0.1	20	20
Warren County	64,428	64,265	-0.3	38	38
Washington County	61,489	61,197	-0.5	41	41
Wayne County	90,372	90,064	-0.3	31	31
Westchester County	969,279	967,612	-0.2	7	7
Wyoming County	40,283	40,085	-0.5	55	55
Yates County	24,952	24,841	-0.4	60	60

New York History

As per 1790-1900 US Historical Population of New York, 340,120 residents are recorded in the year 1790, by the span of thirty years it rose to 1.3 million 1820. By 1850 New York State population crossed 3 million and by 1900 it is 7.2 million. It doubled in 50 years and recorded residents in 1950 are 14.8 million. by the year 1970 New york state registered 18 million and then started dropping from 1970, by 1980 down by 3.7% and the population is 17.5 million with a change of half million, then the population gained slowly by the year 1990 to 17.9 and 18.9 million in 2000. New York State population is estimated 19.5 million in 2019.