State Profile

New York

Population (2024): 19,048,400 million

New York’s public health outcomes and emergency preparedness betters some states but falls behind others. The state placed in the mid performance tier for public health emergency preparedness in TFAH’s 2025 Ready or Not: Protecting the Public’s Health from Diseases, Disasters, and Bioterrorism report. Deaths within the state due to drug misuse, alcohol, or suicide are lower than the country as a whole. Based on 2024 data, the percentage of adults with obesity and hypertension are lower than the U.S. median but the rates of diabetes are higher than the U.S. median.