Queens County, NY 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 County's population is old compared to the rest of the country:

The median age in Queens County is 39.6, compared to 38.8 nationwide, according to the American Community Survey 2017 - 2021 5 Year estimates.
Queens County's population under 18 was 20.23%, compared to the 22.51% nationwide.
Queens County's elderly or the senior population (over 65 age) was 16.04% as compared to 16.04% nationwide.
Of the total population in Queens County, 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 County:

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 County, NY.
The Queens County, NY 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 County's population has become increasingly diverse:

Racial distribution of Queens County 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 County's racial breakdown clearly shows that there is no majority of any race in the county.
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 County is White with a population of 804,251 (33.61% of the total population).

Queens County's population has already reached its peak and is showing a trend of decline:

The peak population was 2,388,586 in the year 2020
From 2000 to 2010, Queens County's population increased by 4,896 (0.22%), as compared to the national growth of 9.63%.
From 2010 to 2020, Queens County's population increased by 154,012 (6.89%), according to Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program. For the same period, the rate of growth for the United States was 7.17%.
Between the year 2000 and 2022, Queens County's population was lowest in year 2007 at 2,146,104.