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People Statistics · Region

Population density in New York

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 9 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026
People · New York United States

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

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Latest value · 2025 164per km² +0.7% since 2024
Regions of United States · 2025 9 of 51 Place 1 is the highest value.
since 2015 +1.8% +0.3% a year on average
vs United States +339% United States: 37.3 · 2025
Population density, 1990 – 2025 per km² · New York · United States · World
+1.8% since 2015
New York United States World

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Population density · per km²
New York
164
United States
37.3
World
62.1 · 2023

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance New York · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 164 · 2025
First value 147 · 1990
Highest 164 · 2020
Lowest 147 · 1990
Average change +0.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearNew YorkChange United StatesWorld
2025 164 +0.7% 37.3 —
2024 162 +0.7% 37.1 —
2023 161 +0.2% 36.8 62.1
2022 161 −0.7% 36.5 61.6
2021 162 −1.3% 36.2 61.0
2020 164 +3.4% 36.2 60.4
2019 159 −0.4% 35.8 59.8
2018 160 −0.3% 35.7 59.2
2017 160 −0.2% 35.5 58.6
2016 161 −0.1% 35.2 57.9
2015 161 +0.0% 35.0 57.3
2014 161 +0.1% 34.7 56.6
2013 160 +0.3% 34.5 55.9
2012 160 +0.4% 34.2 55.2
2011 159 +0.5% 34.0 55.6
2010 159 +0.5% 33.8 54.9
2009 158 +0.5% 33.5 54.3
2008 157 +0.4% 33.2 53.6
2007 156 +0.1% 32.9 52.9
2006 156 −0.1% 32.6 52.3
2005 156 −0.2% 32.2 51.6
2004 157 −0.0% 32.0 51.0
2003 157 +0.2% 31.7 50.4
2002 156 +0.3% 31.4 49.7
2001 156 +0.4% 31.1 49.1
2000 155 +0.6% 30.8 48.4
1999 154 +0.7% 30.5 47.8
1998 153 +0.5% 30.1 47.2
1997 153 +0.4% 29.8 46.5
1996 152 +0.3% 29.4 45.8
1995 151 +0.4% 29.1 45.1
1994 151 +0.5% 28.7 44.5
1993 150 +0.7% 28.4 43.8
1992 149 +0.7% 28.0 43.5
1991 148 +0.6% 27.6 51.7
1990 147 27.2 50.8

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of United States

2018 · Place 1 is the highest value.

Year: 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014
Highest first Lowest first A–Z
#TerritoryPopulation density
51 Alaska 0.5
50 Wyoming 2.3
49 Montana 2.8
48 North Dakota 4.2
47 South Dakota 4.5
46 New Mexico 6.7
45 Idaho 8.2
44 Nebraska 9.7
43 Nevada 10.6
42 Kansas 13.7
41 Utah 14.8
40 Maine 16.8
39 Oregon 16.8
38 Colorado 21.2
37 Iowa 21.8
36 Oklahoma 22.2
35 Arkansas 22.3
34 Arizona 24.3
33 Mississippi 24.5
32 Vermont 26.1
31 Minnesota 27.2
30 West Virginia 28.9
29 Missouri 34.3
28 Alabama 37.2
27 Wisconsin 41.3
26 Louisiana 41.3
25 Texas 42.2
24 Kentucky 43.4
23 Washington 43.7
22 New Hampshire 58.3
21 Tennessee 63.4
20 South Carolina 65.2
19 Michigan 67.9
18 Georgia 70.1
17 Indiana 72.1
16 North Carolina 82.3
15 Virginia 82.9
14 Hawaii 85.4
13 Illinois 88.4
12 California 97.7
11 Ohio 110
10 Pennsylvania 110
9 Florida 152
8 New York 160
7 Delaware 191
6 Maryland 238
5 Connecticut 285
4 Massachusetts 339
3 Rhode Island 391
2 New Jersey 463
1 District of Columbia 4,412

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2018

What it means

How crowded a place is: residents per square kilometre.

How it is calculated

Residents divided by land area in square kilometres.