Overview
2.39 million
Total Population
39.6
Median age
51.16%
Female population %
95.5:100
Gender ratio (M:F)
30-34 years
Largest age group
49.4
Total dependency ratio
White
Largest racial group
668,079
Hispanic population
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Age
Queens borough's population is old compared to the rest of the country:
- The median age in Queens borough is 39.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
- Queens borough's population under 18 was 20.23%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
- Queens borough's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 16.04% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
- Of the total population in Queens borough, 17.01% were under the age of 15, 18.41% aged 15 to 29, 48.54% aged 30 to 64, 13.92% aged 65 to 84, and 2.12% were 85 years of age and older.
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Gender
There are 55,678 more females than males in Queens borough:
- The female percentage in the USA is 50.50% while the male percentage is 49.50%, compared to 51.16% females and 48.84% males in Queens, New York.
- The Queens, New York gender ratio is 95.5:100 i.e. 95.5 men to 100 women (0.955).
- For male population, the largest age group is 30-34 years with a population of 95,678.
- For the female population, the largest age group is 25-29 years with a population of 93,832.
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Race / Ethnicity
Queens borough's population has become increasingly diverse:
- Racial distribution of Queens borough population: 33.61% are White, 17.80% are Black or African American, 0.55% are American Indian and Alaska Native, 25.77% are Asian, 0.05% are Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander, 14.64% are some other race and 7.58% are multiracial.
- Queens borough's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is no majority of any race in the borough.
- By ethnicity, 668,079 is Hispanic or Latino (of any race), and 1.73 million (72.08% of the total population) is Non-Hispanic.
- The largest racial group in Queens borough is White with a population of 804,251 (33.61% of the total population).
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Year by year
Queens borough's stop-gap:
- The peak population was stop-gap in the year stop-gap
- From 2000 to 2010, Queens borough's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), as compared to the national growth of stop-gap.
- From 2010 to 2020, Queens borough's population stop-gap by stop-gap (stop-gap), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the stop-gap was stop-gap.
- Between the year stop-gap and stop-gap, Queens borough's population was lowest in year stop-gap at stop-gap.
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References
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2017-2021 5-Year Estimates
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Population Estimates Program (PEP)