Queens, New York Population

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

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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.

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.

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).

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.