Facts
- Population
- 1,660,664 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- -2.0 %
- Net migration
- 33,166 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7 % (2025)
- State
- New York
- Population base, April 2020
- 1,694,978 (2020)
- Births
- 13,241 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.0
- Deaths
- 10,565 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 6.4
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,676
- International migration
- 24,712 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- 8,454 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- 20.0
- Postal code
- NY
- FIPS code
- 36061
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 4.7 % |
| 2024 | 4.6 % |
| 2023 | 4.5 % |
| 2022 | 4.7 % |
| 2021 | 8.1 % |
| 2020 | 9.8 % |
| 2019 | 3.6 % |
| 2018 | 3.8 % |
| 2017 | 4.1 % |
| 2016 | 4.6 % |
| 2015 | 4.8 % |
| 2014 | 6.0 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,660,664 |
| 2023 | 1,633,229 |
| 2022 | 1,597,103 |
| 2021 | 1,576,787 |
| 2020 | 1,679,602 |