In 2023, about 19.5 million people populated the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States. This is a slight increase from the 18.92 million people that lived there in 2010.

U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts statistics for Garfield city, New Jersey. QuickFacts data are derived from: Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, Survey of Business Owners, Building Permits.

While trips by bike from bike-sharing provider CitiBike in Jersey City, New Jersey, drop off in winter each year, this seasonal effect has become less strong over the past three years. Meanwhile, the summer peak of over 100,000 monthly trips has remained relatively stable.

In 2023, the metropolitan area of New York-Newark-Jersey City had the biggest population in the United States. Based on annual estimates from the census, the metropolitan area had around 19.5 million inhabitants, which was a slight decrease from the previous year. The Los Angeles and Chicago metro areas rounded out the top three. What is a metropolitan statistical area? In general, a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is a core urbanized area with a population of at least 50,000 inhabitants – the smallest MSA is Carson City, with an estimated population of nearly 56,000. The urban area is made bigger by adjacent communities that are socially and economically linked to the center. MSAs are particularly helpful in tracking demographic change over time in large communities and allow officials to see where the largest pockets of inhabitants are in the country. How many MSAs are in the United States? There were 421 metropolitan statistical areas across the U.S. as of July 2021. The largest city in each MSA is designated the principal city and will be the first name in the title. An additional two cities can be added to the title, and these will be listed in population order based on the most recent census. So, in the example of New York-Newark-Jersey City, New York has the highest population, while Jersey City has the lowest. The U.S. Census Bureau conducts an official population count every ten years, and the new count is expected to be announced by the end of 2030.

In 2022, the fastest growing private company in New Jersey was BlockFi. The Jersey City headquartered company grew 245,616 percent that year. Following BlockFi was AGM Tech Solutions, which grew 8,749 percent.

In 2023, the GDP of the New York metro area amounted to 1.9 trillion chained 2017 U.S. dollars. This is an increase from 2021, when the GDP of the New York metro area was 1.82 trillion dollars. New York CityThe New York metro area’s GDP has steadily risen in the last two decades from 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars in 2001 to 1.91 trillion U.S. dollars in 2023. In September 2023, the New York- Newark-Jersey City area had an unemployment rate of 4.4 percent. It also had the highest population in the country in 2022 at 19.62 million people. New York City’s economy is one of the greatest in the country and is home to many Fortune 500 companies, including Big Pharma’s Bristol-Myers Squibb. Industries such as media, real estate, fashion and entertainment are some of the most prominent in the area. The finance industry in New York City, also known as Wall Street, is one of the leading financial centers of the world and houses the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. The region is also home to one of the largest trading industries in the country at the Port of New York and New Jersey. This port includes a large estuary, regional airports, and a plethora of rail and road networks. Silicon Alley is one of the country’s largest technology industry hubs, including internet, telecommunications, and biotechnology. In 2022, there were some 61,665 business establishments n the region that focused on professional, scientific, and technical services.

This statistic provides projected figures for the Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) of the United States in 2021, by metropolitan area. Only the 100 leading metropolitan areas are shown here. In 2022, the GMP of the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area is projected to be around of about 2.16 trillion U.S. dollars.

Los Angeles metropolitan area

A metropolitan area in the U.S. is characterized by a relatively high population density and close economic ties through the area, albeit, without the legal incorporation that is found within cities. The Gross Metropolitan Product is measured by the Bureau of Economic Analysis under the U.S. Department of Commerce and includes only metropolitan areas. The GMP of the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metropolitan area located in California is projected to be among the highest in the United States in 2021, amounting to 1.1 trillion U.S. dollars. The Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas metro area is estimated to be approximately 543 billion U.S. dollars in the same year.

The Los Angeles metro area had one of the largest populations in the country, totaling 112.99 million people in 2021. The Greater Los Angeles region has one of the largest economies in the world and is the U.S. headquarters of many international car manufacturers including Honda, Mazda, and Hyundai. Its entertainment industry has generated plenty of tourism and includes world famous beaches, shopping, motion picture studios, and amusement parks. The Hollywood district is known as the “movie capital of the U.S.” and has its historical roots in the country’s film industry. Its port, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach are aggregately one of the world’s busiest ports. The Port of Los Angelesgenerated some 506.43 million U.S. dollars in revenue in 2019.

This statistic shows the top ten metropolitan areas in the United States with highest unauthorized immigrant populations in 2014. With over one million unauthorized people, New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA had the highest illegal immigrant population in the United States in 2014.

This statistic shows annual median household incomes in the United States in the largest metropolitan areas (measured by population). In 2019, the annual median household income in the metropolitan area of New York-Newark-Jersey City was 83,160 U.S. dollars.

In April 2024, the online casino licensee Golden Nugget Atlantic City recorded the highest monthly revenue among online casino operators in the U.S. city of New Jersey. That month, the licensee generated over 53 million U.S. dollars in revenue. Meanwhile, Borgata recorded 44.15 million U.S. dollars in revenue in the same period.

In the fiscal year of 2023, about 169,180 people living in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area received legal permanent resident status, also known as a green card, in the United States. In the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim metro area, about 72,960 people received a green card in that year.

The statistic shows the revenue Stoke City generated from its jersey sponsorship deal from the 2009/10 season to the 2017/18 season. In the 2017/18 season Stoke City received 3.2 million GBP from its jersey sponsor Bet365.

New Jersey's Colas Inc. generated almost 2.5 billion U.S. dollars in revenue in 2023 making it the largest construction contractor in New Jersey. Ferreira Construction ranked second with a revenue of 1 billion U.S. dollars. Other years, Weeks Marine Inc. also from New Jersey, ranked as one of the largest construction firms, but this year the source did not provide information about it. Most of the construction firms in New Jersey were not located in one city in particular, instead, these construction firms came from various locations within the state.

This statistic shows the leading metropolitan areas with the highest number of non-employer businesses in the United States in 2018. In 2018, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metro area was ranked first with a total number of 2.02 million non-employer businesses.

In the metropolitan area of New York-Newark-Jersey City, the export merchandise value in 2023 was 106.21 billion U.S. dollars. Comparatively, exports from the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown metro area exported merchandise valued around 17.25 U.S. dollars.

As of July 2020, the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area had a delinquent retail balance, which equaled to more than two billion U.S. dollars during the COVID-19 pandemic. As for the delinquent retail balance of the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area, it amounted up to only 177.3 million U.S. dollars during that time period.

This statistic presents the American states with highest ratio of millionaire households per capita in 2020. In that year, New Jersey had the highest ratio of millionaire households per capita in the country, with 9.76 percent of households holding over one million U.S. dollars in assets.

As of July 2020, there were 69 commercial mortgage loans in the New York-Newark-Jersey City metropolitan area which were classified as delinquent. Meanwhile, the Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land metropolitan area only had 12 delinquent retail property loans.