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In age demographics: 6.5% of New York's population were under 5 years of age, 24.7% under 18, and 12.9% were 65 or older. Females made up 51.8% of the population. New York state has a fluctuating population growth rate, it has experienced some shrinkage in the 1970s and 1980s, but milder growth in the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century.
The table below shows the percentage of free blacks as a percentage of the total black population in various U.S. regions and U.S. states between 1790 and 1860 (the blank areas on the chart below mean that there is no data for those specific regions or states in those specific years). [citation needed]
Racial / Ethnic Profile of the United States by State and Territory (2020 Census) (NH = Non-Hispanic) [1] State Total Population White alone (NH) % Black or African American alone (NH) % Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) % Asian alone (NH) % Pacific Islander alone (NH) % Some Other Race alone (NH) % Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH ...
The New York City borough of Queens is home to the state's largest Asian American population and the largest Andean (Venezuelan, Colombian, Ecuadorian, Peruvian, and Bolivian) populations in the United States, and is also the most ethnically and linguistically diverse urban area in the world. [34]
Population density is defined as the population divided by land area. Data are from the US Census unless otherwise specified. Population data are for the year 2023 [2] and area data are for the year 2010. [3] Some population estimates for territories are from the United Nations Commission on Population and Development. [4]
New York's two key demographic features are its population density and cultural diversity. The city's population density of 29,091.3 people per square mile (11,232/km 2 ), makes it the densest of any American municipality with a population above 100,000. [ 23 ]
As of the 2020 U.S. Census, African-Americans were 17.6% of the state's population. [4] New York has the third largest African American population of any state in the United States, after Texas and Georgia. [5] Black people were brought to the state during the slave trade when New York was a Dutch colony.
New York, also called New York State, [b] is a state in the Northeastern United States, bordering the Atlantic Ocean, New England, Canada, and the Great Lakes. [c] With approximately 20 million residents, [8] it is the fourth-most populous state in the United States, and the 27th-largest state by area, with a total area of 54,556 square miles (141,300 km 2).