Facts
- Population
- 1,535,909 (2024)
- Change since 2020
- 0.7 %
- Net migration
- -3,470 (2023)
- Unemployment rate
- 3.5 % (2025)
- State
- New York
- Population base, April 2020
- 1,525,913 (2020)
- Births
- 16,105 (2023)
- Births per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 10.5
- Deaths
- 13,258 (2023)
- Deaths per 1,000 residents, 2023
- 8.6
- Natural change, 2023
- 2,847
- International migration
- 8,116 (2023)
- Domestic migration
- -11,586 (2023)
- Net migration per 1,000, 2023
- -2.3
- Postal code
- NY
- FIPS code
- 36103
Sources: US Census Bureau — Population Estimates, Bureau of Labor Statistics — LAUS
Unemployment rate, annual average
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.5 % |
| 2024 | 3.4 % |
| 2023 | 3.3 % |
| 2022 | 3.2 % |
| 2021 | 4.7 % |
| 2020 | 8.3 % |
| 2019 | 3.6 % |
| 2018 | 3.9 % |
| 2017 | 4.5 % |
| 2016 | 4.5 % |
| 2015 | 4.7 % |
| 2014 | 5.4 % |
Population estimates, 2020–2024
| Period | Value |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,535,909 |
| 2023 | 1,529,029 |
| 2022 | 1,529,565 |
| 2021 | 1,534,053 |
| 2020 | 1,522,175 |