Demographia

New York Community Districts
Ranked by 2000 Population Density

      Population     Land Area Population per Square Mile    
Rank District # and Name 1970 1980 1990 2000 Square Miles 1970 1980 1990 2000 Change from 1970
                         
1 M8 Upper East Side 200,851 204,305 210,880 217,063 1.98 101,440 103,184 106,505 109,628 8.1%
2 M6 Stuyvesant Town, Turtle Bay 122,465 127,554 133,748 136,152 1.37 89,391 93,105 97,626 99,381 11.2%
3 M7 West Side, Upper West Side 212,422 206,669 210,993 207,699 2.11 100,674 97,947 99,997 98,436 -2.2%
4 Bx5 University Hts., Fordham, Mt. Hope 121,807 107,995 118,435 128,313 1.37 88,910 78,828 86,449 93,659 5.3%
5 M3 Lower East Side, Chinatown 181,845 154,848 161,617 164,407 1.76 103,321 87,982 91,828 93,413 -9.6%
6 M10 Central Harlem 159,267 105,641 99,519 107,109 1.40 113,762 75,458 71,085 76,506 -32.7%
7 Bx7 Bedford Park, Norwood, Fordham 113,764 116,827 128,588 141,411 1.87 60,836 62,474 68,764 75,621 24.3%
8 M9 Manhattanville, Hamilton Heights 113,606 103,038 106,978 111,724 1.51 75,236 68,237 70,846 73,989 -1.7%
9 M12 Washington Heights, Inwood 180,561 179,941 198,192 208,414 2.95 61,207 60,997 67,184 70,649 15.4%
10 Q4 Elmhurst, South Corona 108,233 118,430 137,023 167,005 2.38 45,476 49,761 57,573 70,170 54.3%
11 Bx4 Highbridge, Concourse Village 144,207 114,312 119,962 139,563 2.04 70,690 56,035 58,805 68,413 -3.2%
12 Bk9 Crown Heights South, Wingate 101,047 96,669 110,715 104,014 1.57 64,496 61,702 70,667 66,390 2.9%
13 M2 Greenwich Village, Soho 84,337 87,069 94,105 93,119 1.55 54,411 56,174 60,713 60,077 10.4%
14 Q3 Jackson Heights, North Corona 123,635 122,090 128,924 169,083 2.83 43,687 43,141 45,556 59,747 36.8%
15 Bk8 Crown Heights North 121,821 88,796 96,400 96,076 1.64 74,302 54,159 58,797 58,600 -21.1%
16 Bk14 Flatbush, Midwood 137,041 143,859 159,825 168,806 2.94 46,650 48,971 54,406 57,463 23.2%
17 M11 East Harlem 154,662 114,569 110,508 117,743 2.22 69,668 51,608 49,778 53,037 -23.9%
18 Bk12 Borough Park, Ocean Parkway 166,301 155,899 160,018 185,046 3.60 46,193 43,303 44,448 51,399 11.3%
19 Bk4 Bushwick 137,902 92,497 102,572 104,358 2.05 67,310 45,148 50,066 50,937 -24.3%
20 Bk17 East Flatbush, Rugby, Farragut 149,496 154,596 161,261 165,753 3.37 44,336 45,849 47,825 49,158 10.9%
21 Bx6 East Tremont, Belmont 114,137 65,016 68,061 75,688 1.55 73,637 41,946 43,910 48,831 -33.7%
22 Bk3 Bedford Stuyvesant 203,380 133,379 138,696 143,867 2.96 68,709 45,060 46,857 48,604 -29.3%
23 Bk16 Brownsville, Ocean Hill 122,589 73,801 84,923 85,343 1.92 63,755 38,382 44,166 44,384 -30.4%
24 Bk11 Bensonhurst, Bath Beach 170,119 155,072 149,994 172,129 3.93 43,249 39,424 38,133 43,760 1.2%
25 Bx3 Morrisania, Crotona Park East 150,636 53,635 57,162 68,574 1.57 95,946 34,162 36,409 43,678 -54.5%
26 M4 Chelsea, Clinton 83,601 82,164 84,431 87,479 2.09 40,000 39,313 40,398 41,856 4.6%
27 Q6 Forest Hills, Rego Park 120,429 112,245 106,996 115,967 2.93 41,102 38,309 36,517 39,579 -3.7%
28 Q1 Astoria, Long Island City 185,925 185,198 188,549 211,220 5.78 32,167 32,041 32,621 36,543 13.6%
29 Q9 Woodhaven, Richmond Hill 110,367 109,505 112,151 141,608 3.89 28,372 28,150 28,831 36,403 28.3%
30 Bx9 Soundview, Parkchester 166,442 167,627 155,970 167,859 4.79 34,748 34,995 32,562 35,044 0.9%
31 Bk2 Brooklyn Heights, Fort Greene 110,221 92,732 94,534 98,620 2.98 36,931 31,071 31,675 33,044 -10.5%
32 Bk15 Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen Beach 164,815 149,572 143,477 160,319 4.95 33,308 30,227 28,995 32,399 -2.7%
33 Bk1 Williamsburg, Greenpoint 179,390 142,942 155,972 160,338 4.95 36,245 28,881 31,513 32,396 -10.6%
34 Bk13 Coney Island, Brighton Beach 97,750 100,030 102,596 106,120 3.43 28,462 29,126 29,873 30,899 8.6%
35 Bx11 Pelham Pkwy, Morris Park, Laconia 105,980 99,080 97,842 110,706 3.60 29,439 27,522 27,178 30,752 4.5%
36 Bk5 East New York, Starrett City 170,791 154,931 161,350 173,198 5.64 30,256 27,446 28,584 30,683 1.4%
37 Bk10 Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights 129,822 118,187 110,612 122,542 4.08 31,840 28,986 27,128 30,054 -5.6%
38 Bk6 Park Slope, Carroll Gardens 138,933 110,228 102,724 104,054 3.48 39,938 31,686 29,529 29,911 -25.1%
39 Bx8 Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Marble Hill 103,543 98,275 97,030 101,332 3.41 30,365 28,820 28,455 29,716 -2.1%
40 Bx1 Melrose, Mott Haven, Port Morris 138,557 78,441 77,214 82,159 2.77 50,021 28,318 27,875 29,660 -40.7%
41 Bk7 Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace 111,607 98,567 102,553 120,063 4.23 26,364 23,284 24,225 28,362 7.6%
42 M5 Midtown Business District 31,076 39,544 43,507 44,028 1.64 18,949 24,112 26,529 26,846 41.7%
43 Bx12 Wakefield, Williamsbridge 135,010 128,226 129,620 149,077 5.62 24,023 22,816