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New York

Population19.9m
Counties62county-level areas on the 2024 Census map
Density163.0people per km² of land
Median household income$84,57871st percentile of states

How it has changed

The state’s own figures from 2010 to 2024. A measure published for only one year shows as a single point instead of a line.

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The state figure, and the range across its counties

The state figure is the one its own agency publishes. It is never an average of the counties. You cannot average medians (middle values) to get a new median, and a rate has to be worked out again from the added-up counts. The county range next to it shows what a single state number has to hide.

Sometimes fewer counties report than the state has. The missing ones were held back because their counts were too small to publish — mostly deaths. A range from only part of the state is not the state’s full range. It can even sit entirely above or below the state figure. So the number of counties reporting is shown next to it.

You can sort by any column. 47 of these 188 measures have a clear better end, and those are ranked best first. For example, the lowest infant death rate is first place, and so is the highest life expectancy. The rest have no better end, so they are ranked highest first, and the cell says “highest” instead of “best”. A state is not winning or losing by how much of its tax comes from severance taxes (taxes on oil, gas and minerals taken from the ground).

Alcohol-involved share of driving deaths0.219%7th best of 510.112%0.263%0.55%54
Always wears a seatbelt93.327th best of 49————
Arrivals per 100 people staying1.8548th highest of 512.634.6510.262
Arrivals per 100 staying, $200,000 or more1.5641st highest of 51————
Arthritis22.68th best of 46————
Binge drinking16.218th best of 49————
Births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 5049.240th highest of 5225.752.699.161
Black Protestant adherents1.425th highest of 5100.164.462
Black-white residential segregation75.14th highest of 5139.161.979.655
Business closing rate9.6914th highest of 516.348.4311.262
Business opening rate10.518th highest of 515.038.7713.362
Catholic adherents30.64th highest of 516.2121.254.962
Checkup in the past year813rd highest of 49————
Child mortality37.47th best of 511944.464.455
Child poverty rate, ages 0-1718.6%39th best of 516.3%17.7%35.5%62
Children in single-parent households0.263%14th highest of 510.123%0.212%0.516%62
Congregations per 10,000 people6.8546th highest of 513.9611.64562
Current asthma9.9316th best of 47————
Current smoking10.48th best of 49————
Departures per 100 people staying2.9529th highest of 513.14.8911.862
Departures per 100 staying, $200,000 or more2.9711th highest of 51————
Depression16.93rd best of 49————
Diabetes12.816th best of 45————
Difficulty concentrating or deciding11.87th best of 49————
Difficulty running errands alone7.4422nd best of 46————
Difficulty walking or climbing stairs15.126th best of 47————
Disability-free score0.16617th highest of 47-0.9890.8121.6762
Drug overdose deaths29.223rd best of 5113.42662.958
Effective general sales tax rate2.5523rd highest of 51————
Effective individual income tax rate4.652nd highest of 51————
Effective property tax rate1.66th highest of 520.6882.19356
Effective property tax rate on income4.224th highest of 51————
Evangelical Protestant adherents5.1246th highest of 510.795.316.562
Fair or poor health16.814th best of 49————
Fine particulate matter6.923rd best of 513.26.98.862
Firearm fatalities4.95th best of 512.296.6613.153
Firearm share of suicides, standardised5246th highest of 5112.974.211760
Firearm suicide rate2.3748th highest of 510.5295.5211.760
Flu vaccination among Medicare enrollees0.51%16th best of 510.38%0.49%0.58%62
Gini index of income inequality0.51551st best of 520.3930.4460.59662
Has health insurance93.710th highest of 49————
Health score0.6756th highest of 49-0.05540.4431.2762
High blood pressure31.714th best of 49————
High cholesterol36.737th best of 49————
High school graduation0.868%24th best of 480.778%0.875%0.945%60
Homeownership rate54.3%51st highest of 5220.3%71.7%83%62
Homicide rate3.6516th best of 511.653.027.5526
Homicide rate, annual3.8137th highest of 511.015.099.4414
How much faster the top bracket arrives than everyone else-0.3138th highest of 51————
Income gap between arrivals and departures$-12,36047th highest of 51$-45,050$530$33,73062
Infant mortality4.36th best of 512.875.588.841
Injury deaths601st best of 5142.767.811062
Life expectancy79.4 years4th best of 5174.5 years77.7 years83 years62
Local income tax as a share of income1.013rd highest of 130.05972.422.446
Mainline Protestant adherents3.7537th highest of 511.525.9237.462
Material security score-0.29437th highest of 51-2.130.2831.1562
Mean adjusted gross income per return$107,4509th best of 51$47,420$71,610$257,30062
Mean income of arriving households$94,5326th highest of 51$43,400$60,120$145,00062
Mean income of departing households$106,8905th highest of 51$44,670$63,240$184,50062
Mean travel time to work32.8 min52nd best of 5219.3 min23.9 min43.9 min62
Median age39.6 years20th highest of 5232.8 years41.9 years57.2 years62
Median gross rent$1,5769th highest of 52$754$943$2,19562
Median home value$403,00011th highest of 52$97,900$179,500$1,109,00062
Median household income$84,57816th best of 52$49,040$70,700$143,40062
Median household income (model-based)$82,05216th best of 51$46,890$68,570$140,50062
Median property tax bill6,4504th highest of 522,3693,96810,00062
Meets aerobic guidelines58.138th best of 49————
Membership organisations7.8843rd best of 512.919.7516.662
Millionaire returns as a share of all returns0.7324th highest of 52————
Millionaires' share of all income24.25th highest of 52————
Motor vehicle crash deaths5.91st best of 512.718.8414.860
Net business formation rate0.83931st highest of 51-2.840.5665.9862
Net domestic migration rate-8.9851st highest of 51————
Net migration per 100 people staying-1.151st highest of 51-3.16-0.2030.86862
Net migration per 100 staying, $200,000 or more-1.4150th highest of 51————
Obesity28.16th best of 49————
Orthodox Christian adherents0.557th highest of 5100.11.0962
Other religion adherents9.766th highest of 510.652.7923.162
People per tax return244th highest of 5112262
Per capita income$49,5209th best of 52$26,960$37,910$94,92062
Per capita personal income$81,9325th best of 51$41,740$56,170$207,60062
Poverty rate13.7%39th best of 525.31%13.1%26.9%62
Poverty rate (model-based)14.1%42nd best of 515.8%13.6%27.7%62
Premature mortality33610th best of 5124238150462
Preventable hospital stays2,59526th best of 511,6002,6224,18762
Private job growth2.3919th highest of 52-4.621.858.662
Religious adherents51.218th highest of 5123.3396862
Republican share of the two-party vote, 202443.740th highest of 5117.656.774.162
Returns claiming charitable contributions7.72%14th highest of 511.38%2.87%15.5%62
Returns claiming the earned income credit15.1%17th highest of 517.12%13.2%30.2%62
Returns reporting capital gains19.9%21st highest of 515.57%16.4%34.8%62
Returns reporting unemployment compensation3.73%10th highest of 512.45%3.98%6.74%62
Safety score0.4239th highest of 51-0.4130.6791.2458
Share aged 65 and over17.4%26th highest of 5213.9%19.5%32.8%62
Share American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic0.187%27th highest of 510%0.152%6.9%27
Share Asian, not Hispanic8.83%5th highest of 520.21%1.43%25.9%59
Share Black, not Hispanic13.6%14th highest of 520.514%3.15%29.1%61
Share divorced9%49th highest of 526.68%11%13.1%62
Share foreign-born22.6%3rd highest of 521.21%4.04%47.6%62
Share Hispanic or Latino, any race19.6%10th highest of 521.73%4.91%54.9%62
Share in the same house a year ago89%2nd highest of 5172.2%89.1%93.3%62
Share Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic0.0313%36th highest of 490%0%0.235%26
Share never married38.6%3rd highest of 5220.3%33.5%49.9%62
Share now married46.8%47th highest of 5236.2%49.1%64.6%62
Share of births to unmarried women28.6%33rd highest of 5213.5%30.6%58.5%47
Share of some other race, not Hispanic0.901%2nd highest of 520.207%0.553%2.26%30
Share of suicides by firearm27.3%46th highest of 516.48%41.2%65.9%60
Share of taxes from alcohol0.12443rd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporate income13.32nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from corporation licences0.01944th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from death and gift0.8828th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from gambling0.0732nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from general sales and gross receipts16.642nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from individual income30.47th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from insurance premiums0.99239th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from licences1.4950th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor fuel0.51549th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from motor vehicle licences0.62848th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from occupation and business licences0.083451st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from other taxes3.9415th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property27.527th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from property transfer2.236th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from public utilities0.66732nd highest of 51————
Share of taxes from selective sales6.7846th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from severance051st highest of 51————
Share of taxes from sports betting and pari-mutuels0.3064th highest of 51————
Share of taxes from tobacco0.35248th highest of 51————
Share of two or more races, not Hispanic3.42%37th highest of 521.71%3.41%6.49%62
Share separated2.19%4th highest of 521.22%1.93%4.7%62
Share White, not Hispanic53.4%40th highest of 528.82%85%94%62
Share widowed5.59%28th highest of 523.57%6.03%8.58%62
Share with a bachelor's degree or higher39.5%10th best of 5217.5%27.9%64%62
State and local income tax as a share of income4.652nd highest of 12————
State income tax as a share of income3.632nd highest of 50————
State taxes as a share of income7.768th highest of 50————
Suicide rate8.23rd best of 515.4112.522.660
Top state income tax rate10.9%3rd highest of 50————
Total tax burden15.32nd highest of 51————
Two weeks of poor mental health14.77th best of 49————
Two weeks of poor physical health12.524th best of 47————
Unemployment rate4.04%43rd best of 522.7%3.5%6.6%62
Vacancy rate10.2%30th highest of 524.19%11.8%73.3%62
Went without care over cost10.519th best of 49————
Years of potential life lost6,6378th best of 514,6247,59110,68061
Aggregate travel time to work266,140,000 min3rd highest of 5242,480 min816,600 min42,420,000 min62
Business establishments481,2304th highest of 511551,64882,23062
Business establishments closed46,4424th highest of 51111498,45762
Business establishments opened50,4644th highest of 51201478,18062
Employed9,452,5004th highest of 522,12037,7001,237,00062
Foreign-born population4,499,1004th highest of 52632,9781,108,00062
Gross domestic product$2,182,500,000k3rd highest of 51$293,500k$5,096,000k$935,700,000k62
Housing units8,539,5004th highest of 527,89341,3301,090,00062
Labour force9,849,9004th highest of 522,23139,0801,304,00062
Local income tax collected$16,407,000k1st highest of 13$73,130k$2,300,000k$7,775,000k6
Millionaire tax returns71,6803rd highest of 52————
Net domestic migration-176,89050th highest of 51————
Occupied housing units7,669,0004th highest of 522,11134,9801,010,00062
Owner-occupied housing units4,164,8004th highest of 521,74124,060419,60062
People covered by a tax return17,049,0004th highest of 514,35068,1402,186,00062
People in households earning $200,000 or more who did not move1,983,2003rd highest of 51————
People who did not move14,920,0004th highest of 513,80361,1301,828,00062
Personal income$1,617,100,000k3rd highest of 51$302,900k$4,907,000k$339,000,000k62
Population19,737,0004th highest of 515,07085,9802,593,00062
Population19,571,0004th highest of 515,08286,0802,561,00062
Population (firearm measures)18,960,0004th highest of 5123,31087,7102,521,00060
Population (WONDER)19,571,0004th highest of 51196,100968,5002,561,00014
Population aged 15 and over16,475,0004th highest of 524,57771,8302,143,00062
Population aged 25 and over13,996,0004th highest of 524,13559,9801,849,00062
Population aged 65 and over3,461,2004th highest of 521,67116,500399,80062
Population below the poverty line2,656,7004th highest of 5250610,860494,80062
Population below the poverty line2,697,7004th highest of 5153410,600482,70062
Population for whom poverty status is determined19,392,0004th highest of 525,05283,9502,620,00062
Population for whom poverty status is determined19,133,0004th highest of 515,03883,7102,527,00062
Population in the same house one year ago17,677,0004th highest of 514,60374,4102,353,00062
Population with a bachelor's degree or higher5,535,5003rd highest of 521,11217,170806,70062
Population, decennial census20,201,0004th highest of 515,10787,7202,736,00062
Presidential votes cast, 20248,381,4004th highest of 513,43940,200847,90062
Private jobs8,097,0004th highest of 5296024,6202,202,00062
State and local tax collections$247,670,000k2nd highest of 51————
State individual income tax collected$58,776,000k2nd highest of 50————
State tax collected, all taxes$125,460,000k2nd highest of 50————
Tax returns filed9,789,0004th highest of 512,61039,3501,259,00062
Total population19,872,0004th highest of 525,10286,9702,646,00062
Unemployed397,4403rd highest of 521111,37166,07062
Vacant housing units870,5804th highest of 521,3217,428143,40062
Women aged 15 to 504,675,6004th highest of 5279817,880686,50062
Women who gave birth in the past year230,1704th highest of 528796332,92061
Workers aged 16 and over who commute8,103,7004th highest of 521,91735,5201,007,00062

Links inside New York

These are the site’s strongest pairs nationwide, worked out again using only this state’s counties. The r column shows how closely two measures rise and fall together, from −1 (opposite) to +1 (in step); 0 means no link. A link that shows up nationally but disappears inside every state is really about differences between states. A link that also holds here is not.

These figures are before adjusting for anything. Unlike the national figures, they do not take out population density, income or education.

Pairr within NYcounties
Median age × Share aged 65 and overInside New York, where Median age is higher, Share aged 65 and over tends to be higher: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9262
Self-care disability × Material security scoreInside New York, where Self-care disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.8562
Stroke × Material security scoreInside New York, where Stroke is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.7462
Food insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside New York, where Food insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9162
Lack of reliable transportation × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside New York, where Lack of reliable transportation is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9362
Vision disability × Material security scoreInside New York, where Vision disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.8962
Housing insecurity × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside New York, where Housing insecurity is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.8962
Received food stamps × Material security scoreInside New York, where Received food stamps is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.8862
Self-care disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside New York, where Self-care disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9162
Vision disability × Returns claiming the earned income creditInside New York, where Vision disability is higher, Returns claiming the earned income credit tends to be higher: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.+0.9262
Fair or poor self-rated health × Material security scoreInside New York, where Fair or poor self-rated health is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a strong link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.8162
Independent-living disability × Material security scoreInside New York, where Independent-living disability is higher, Material security score tends to be lower: a moderate link across 62 counties, before adjusting for anything.-0.6462

What this state is divided into

62 county-level areas, largest first. Each one is compared with its peers — the counties across the country most like it — not with the rest of this state.

Kings County · Queens County · New York County · Suffolk County · Bronx County · Nassau County · Westchester County · Erie County · Monroe County · Richmond County · Onondaga County · Orange County · Rockland County · Albany County · Dutchess County · Saratoga County · Oneida County · Niagara County · Broome County · Ulster County · Rensselaer County · Schenectady County · Chautauqua County · Oswego County · Jefferson County · Ontario County · St. Lawrence County · Tompkins County · Putnam County · Steuben County · Wayne County · Chemung County · Sullivan County · Clinton County · Cattaraugus County · Cayuga County · Madison County · Warren County · Livingston County · Columbia County · Washington County · Herkimer County · Otsego County · Genesee County · Fulton County · Montgomery County · Tioga County · Greene County · Franklin County · Allegany County · Chenango County · Cortland County · Delaware County · Wyoming County · Orleans County · Essex County · Seneca County · Schoharie County · Lewis County · Yates County · Schuyler County · Hamilton County