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People Statistics · Region

Population in New York

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points 4 of 51 · Regions of United States Updated Oct 21, 2026

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Population, 1990 – 2025 people
+1.8% since 2015

Source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Compared with Population · people
New York 20M
World 8.2B

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

The series at a glance New York · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 20,002,427 · 2025
First value 18,020,784 · 1990
Highest 20,105,171 · 2020
Lowest 18,020,784 · 1990
Average change +0.3% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

All years · 1990 – 2025

YearNew YorkChange United StatesWorld
2025 20,002,427 +0.7% 342M 8.2B
2024 19,867,248 +0.7% 340M 8.1B
2023 19,737,367 +0.2% 337M 8.1B
2022 19,703,747 −0.7% 334M 8B
2021 19,848,276 −1.3% 332M 7.9B
2020 20,105,171 +3.3% 332M 7.9B
2019 19,453,561 −0.4% 328M 7.8B
2018 19,530,351 −0.3% 327M 7.7B
2017 19,589,572 −0.2% 325M 7.6B
2016 19,633,428 −0.1% 323M 7.5B
2015 19,654,666 +0.0% 321M 7.4B
2014 19,651,049 +0.1% 318M 7.4B
2013 19,624,447 +0.3% 316M 7.3B
2012 19,572,932 +0.4% 314M 7.2B
2011 19,499,241 +0.5% 312M 7.1B
2010 19,399,878 +0.5% 309M 7B
2009 19,307,066 +0.5% 307M 6.9B
2008 19,212,436 +0.4% 304M 6.8B
2007 19,132,335 +0.1% 301M 6.7B
2006 19,104,631 −0.1% 298M 6.7B
2005 19,132,610 −0.2% 296M 6.6B
2004 19,171,567 −0.0% 293M 6.5B
2003 19,175,939 +0.2% 290M 6.4B
2002 19,137,800 +0.3% 288M 6.3B
2001 19,082,838 +0.4% 285M 6.2B
2000 19,001,780 +0.6% 282M 6.2B
1999 18,882,725 +0.7% 279M 6.1B
1998 18,755,906 +0.5% 276M 6B
1997 18,656,546 +0.4% 273M 5.9B
1996 18,588,460 +0.3% 269M 5.8B
1995 18,524,104 +0.4% 266M 5.7B
1994 18,459,470 +0.5% 263M 5.7B
1993 18,374,954 +0.7% 260M 5.6B
1992 18,246,653 +0.7% 257M 5.5B
1991 18,122,510 +0.6% 253M 5.4B
1990 18,020,784 250M 5.3B

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

Ranking · Regions of United States

2017 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
1 California 39M
2 Texas 28M
3 Florida 21M
4 New York 20M
5 Pennsylvania 13M
6 Illinois 13M
7 Ohio 12M
8 Georgia 10M
9 North Carolina 10M
10 Michigan 10M
11 New Jersey 8.9M
12 Virginia 8.5M
13 Washington 7.4M
14 Arizona 7M
15 Massachusetts 6.9M
16 Tennessee 6.7M
17 Indiana 6.7M
18 Missouri 6.1M
19 Maryland 6M
20 Wisconsin 5.8M
21 Colorado 5.6M
22 Minnesota 5.6M
23 South Carolina 5M
24 Alabama 4.9M
25 Louisiana 4.7M
26 Kentucky 4.5M
27 Oregon 4.1M
28 Oklahoma 3.9M
29 Connecticut 3.6M
30 Iowa 3.1M
31 Utah 3.1M
32 Arkansas 3M
33 Mississippi 3M
34 Nevada 3M
35 Kansas 2.9M
36 New Mexico 2.1M
37 Nebraska 1.9M
38 West Virginia 1.8M
39 Idaho 1.7M
40 Hawaii 1.4M
41 New Hampshire 1.3M
42 Maine 1.3M
43 Rhode Island 1.1M
44 Montana 1.1M
45 Delaware 957K
46 South Dakota 873K
47 North Dakota 755K
48 Alaska 740K
49 District of Columbia 695K
50 Vermont 624K
51 Wyoming 579K

Source: OECD Regional Database, 2017

What it means

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

How it is calculated

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.