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Language Spoken At Home in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 17,750,280 | 100% |
English only | 10,904,313 | 61.4% |
Language other than English | 6,845,967 | 38.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 3,084,626 | 17.4% |
Spanish | 3,469,805 | 19.5% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,644,685 | 9.3% |
Other Indo-European languages | 1,958,905 | 11.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 760,881 | 4.3% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1,092,957 | 6.2% |
Speak English less than very well | 576,939 | 3.3% |
Other languages | 324,300 | 1.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 102,121 | 0.6% |
Ancestry in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 18,923,404 | 100% |
American | 664,626 | 3.5% |
Arab | 192,281 | 1.0% |
Czech | 56,040 | 0.3% |
Danish | 30,289 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 123,337 | 0.7% |
English | 611,116 | 3.2% |
French (except Basque) | 206,149 | 1.1% |
French Canadian | 40,382 | 0.2% |
German | 1,408,492 | 7.4% |
Greek | 177,555 | 0.9% |
Hungarian | 182,483 | 1.0% |
Irish | 2,060,199 | 10.9% |
Italian | 2,674,827 | 14.1% |
Lithuanian | 50,462 | 0.3% |
Norwegian | 80,104 | 0.4% |
Polish | 843,837 | 4.5% |
Portuguese | 111,524 | 0.6% |
Russian | 533,888 | 2.8% |
Scotch-Irish | 51,401 | 0.3% |
Scottish | 141,028 | 0.7% |
Slovak | 43,871 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 263,833 | 1.4% |
Swedish | 84,064 | 0.4% |
Swiss | 29,677 | 0.2% |
Ukrainian | 125,951 | 0.7% |
Welsh | 41,809 | 0.2% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 872,867 | 4.6% |
Households By Type in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 6,839,116 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 4,535,227 | 66.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 2,099,327 | 30.7% |
Married-couple family | 3,145,681 | 46.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,441,781 | 21.1% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 341,340 | 5.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 128,067 | 1.9% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 1,048,206 | 15.3% |
With own children under 18 years | 529,479 | 7.7% |
Nonfamily households | 2,303,889 | 33.7% |
Householder living alone | 1,913,932 | 28.0% |
65 years and over | 696,645 | 10.2% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 2,320,380 | 33.9% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 1,795,828 | 26.3% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 18,545,296 | 100% |
Householder | 6,839,116 | 36.9% |
Spouse | 3,143,682 | 17.0% |
Child | 5,933,380 | 32.0% |
Other relatives | 1,633,753 | 8.8% |
Nonrelatives | 995,365 | 5.4% |
Unmarried partner | 348,584 | 1.9% |
Marital Status in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 7,309,489 | 100% |
Never married | 2,935,081 | 40.2% |
Now married, except separated | 3,597,325 | 49.2% |
Separated | 144,184 | 2.0% |
Widowed | 181,802 | 2.5% |
Divorced | 451,097 | 6.2% |
Females 15 years and over | 8,076,483 | 100% |
Never married | 2,797,640 | 34.6% |
Now married, except separated | 3,502,131 | 43.4% |
Separated | 253,035 | 3.1% |
Widowed | 765,499 | 9.5% |
Divorced | 758,178 | 9.4% |
Fertility in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 255,379 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 77,084 | 30.2% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 28 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 52 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 15 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 84 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 34 | 0% |
Grandparents in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 448,617 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 122,288 | 27.3% |
Less than 1 year | 23,180 | 5.2% |
1 or 2 years | 27,652 | 6.2% |
3 or 4 years | 20,574 | 4.6% |
5 or more years | 50,882 | 11.3% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 122,288 | 100% |
Who are female | 83,867 | 68.6% |
Who are married | 77,615 | 63.5% |
School Enrollment in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 4,902,228 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 333,761 | 6.8% |
Kindergarten | 245,289 | 5.0% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,883,925 | 38.4% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,051,661 | 21.5% |
College or graduate school | 1,387,592 | 28.3% |
Educational Attainment in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 12,844,601 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 991,971 | 7.7% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 989,069 | 7.7% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 3,357,314 | 26.1% |
Some college, no degree | 2,022,972 | 15.7% |
Associate's degree | 825,429 | 6.4% |
Bachelor's degree | 2,744,520 | 21.4% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,913,326 | 14.9% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 84.6% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 36.3% |
Veteran Status in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 14,609,824 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 733,547 | 5.0% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 18,752,501 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,812,601 | 9.7% |
Under 18 years | 4,297,969 | 100% |
With a disability | 130,770 | 3.0% |
18 to 64 years | 12,040,331 | 100% |
With a disability | 859,570 | 7.1% |
65 years and over | 2,414,201 | 100% |
With a disability | 822,261 | 34.1% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 18,699,227 | 100% |
Same house | 16,850,564 | 90.1% |
Different house in the U.S. | 1,686,416 | 9.0% |
Same county | 1,064,048 | 5.7% |
Different county | 622,368 | 3.3% |
Same state | 365,473 | 2.0% |
Different state | 256,895 | 1.4% |
Abroad | 162,247 | 0.9% |
Place Of Birth in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 18,923,404 | 100% |
Native | 13,510,434 | 71.4% |
Born in United States | 12,967,898 | 68.5% |
State of residence | 10,281,777 | 54.3% |
Different state | 2,686,121 | 14.2% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 542,536 | 2.9% |
Foreign born | 5,412,970 | 28.6% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 5,412,970 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 2,801,662 | 51.8% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 2,611,308 | 48.2% |
Year of Entry in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 5,955,506 | 100% |
Native | 542,536 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 11,487 | 2.1% |
Entered before 2010 | 531,049 | 97.9% |
Foreign born | 5,412,970 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 140,493 | 2.6% |
Entered before 2010 | 5,272,477 | 97.4% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in New York-northern New Jersey-long Island
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 5,412,958 | 100% |
Europe | 905,599 | 16.7% |
Asia | 1,511,423 | 27.9% |
Africa | 211,736 | 3.9% |
Oceania | 12,378 | 0.2% |
Latin America | 2,729,571 | 50.4% |
Northern America | 42,251 | 0.8% |