Compare New Jersey (NJ) vs New York State (NY) vs Pennsylvania (PA) vs Delaware (DE) vs United States

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Overview
Total population 9,343,809 19,852,366 13,018,639 1,021,191 334,922,499
Rent $1,720 $1,621 $1,209 $1,401 $1,413
Year built 1970 1959 1965 1987 1980
Household income $103,556 $85,974 $77,971 $84,954 $80,734
Per capita income $54,253 $50,712 $44,355 $45,375 $44,673
Poverty rate 9.7% 14.0% 11.7% 10.4% 12.5%
Unemployment rate 4.5% 4.3% 3.6% 3.7% 4.0%
Household size 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5
Rent over 30% of income 49.1% 49.2% 44.6% 46.6% 47.6%
Demographics
Total population 9,343,809 19,852,366 13,018,639 1,021,191 334,922,499
Adults over 25 6,523,202 14,017,184 9,189,697 723,044 230,807,303
Total households 3,507,701 7,722,646 5,274,853 402,038 129,227,496
Household size 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.5
Income & Poverty
Household income $103,556 $85,974 $77,971 $84,954 $80,734
Per capita income $54,253 $50,712 $44,355 $45,375 $44,673
Poverty rate 9.7% 14.0% 11.7% 10.4% 12.5%
Unemployment rate 4.5% 4.3% 3.6% 3.7% 4.0%
Rent over 30% of income 49.1% 49.2% 44.6% 46.6% 47.6%
Housing
Rent $1,720 $1,621 $1,209 $1,401 $1,413
Year built 1970 1959 1965 1987 1980
Households that rent 36.2% 45.7% 30.7% 27% 34.8%
Households that own 63.8% 54.3% 69.3% 73% 65.2%
Rooms per home (all homes) 5.7 5.0 6.0 6.2 5.5
Race
White 54% 55.2% 74.5% 59.9% 61%
Black 12.8% 14.4% 10.6% 21.9% 12.2%
Asian 10.1% 9.1% 3.8% 4.3% 6%
Two or more races 12.4% 10.3% 7.1% 8.8% 12.6%
Ethnicity
Hispanic or Latino 22.5% 19.8% 8.7% 11% 19.3%
Not Hispanic or Latino 77.5% 80.2% 91.3% 89% 80.7%
Commute
Commute rate 83.2% 85.1% 84.4% 85% 84.9%
Commute time to work 31.0 min 33.0 min 26.0 min 26.0 min 26.0 min
Work from home 16.8% 14.9% 15.6% 15% 15.1%
Education
Less than high school 22.8% 24.6% 21.3% 25.5% 27.5%
High school graduate or GED 25.3% 24.3% 32.9% 28.8% 26%
Some college or associate degree 8.3% 10.9% 10.6% 9.9% 10.7%
Bachelor’s degree or higher 43.6% 40.2% 35.2% 35.8% 35.7%