How many millennials live in New York City?

About three percent of U.S. millennials, defined in the report as those born between 1985 and 1996, live in New York, but the city also counts among its residents about 12 percent of all millennials making at least six-figure incomes. For most young adults in the city, though, incomes have declined. read more

New York remains near the top of major cities in this measure: Though the “idle rates” dropped for all racial/ethnic groups from 2000 to 2014, 13.7 percent of black and Hispanic and 7 percent of Asian millennials were categorized as idle, compared to 5.6 percent of white millennials. read more

About three percent of U.S. millennials, defined in the report as those born between 1985 and 1996, live in New York, but the city also counts among its residents about 12 percent of all millennials making at least six-figure incomes. read more

Using Pew's definition of a millennial in 2014 as being between 18 & 34 years old*, and using stats from New York's Department of Health website at Table 1: Estimated Population by Age, Sex and Region, New York State - 2010, we get roughly 1,908,608. read more