Overview

New York City draws strength not only from its own residents but those across the wider metropolitan region. 23.5 million people live across the 31 counties of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut that make up our metro region. With 10.4 million jobs, the metro region's economy accounts for nearly 10% of United States gross domestic product.

NYC Planning recognizes that our regional relationships are essential to achieving job growth and fair housing goals, and we collaborate with partners across the metro region to help ensure that its shared assets support all who live and work here. The agency seeks to:

• Analyze regional population, economic and land use trends
• Connect with governments and planners across the region
• Instill regionalism in NYC planning activities

Newsletter

NYC Thinking Regionally is the periodic newsletter of the NYC Department of City Planning (DCP), delivering insightful analysis, thoughtful commentary and up-to-date information on the metro region. Read the latest issue here.

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Reports and Tools

Life Sciences in the NYC Metro

A first-of-its-kind report demonstrating the strength and scale of our region's life sciences economy. The report shows that the NYC Metro Region has nearly 150,000 jobs and 5,100 businesses, generating over $23 billion in wages in 2022.

Metro Region Explorer

See population counts, job and housing data, and more across the Metro Region

NYC Metro Region Employment Tracker

Shows county, subregion, and metropolitan area employment and wage trends across different industries. Updated quarterly.

Geography of Jobs

Analyzes employment, industry, labor force, and housing trends and describes shifting geography of growth throughout metro region.

Click here for more reports, including NYC Metro 2020 Housing Production Snapshot.

NYC Metro Planning Leadership Network

Since 2017, DCP has hosted the NYC Metro Planning Leadership Network, a voluntary organization that works to support a common vision of sustainable growth across the region. The network is made up of planning and development principals representing 30 member jurisdictions and one representative from the Regional Plan Association.