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City of New York: Population History
4 Highly Urbanized Boroughs

POPULATION & DENSITY HISTORY: 4 HIGHLY URBANIZED BOROUGHS
(Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn & Queens)
Year Total Change % Population per Square Mile Population per Square Kilometer Comparison to Peak
1790 45     185 72 -99.4%
1800 76 31 68.9% 313 121 -99.0%
1810 114 38 50.0% 469 181 -98.5%
1820 145 31 27.2% 597 230 -98.1%
1830 236 91 62.8% 971 375 -96.9%
1840 379 143 60.6% 1,560 602 -95.1%
1850 682 303 79.9% 2,807 1,084 -91.1%
1860 1,150 468 68.6% 4,733 1,827 -85.1%
1870 1,444 294 25.6% 5,942 2,294 -81.2%
1880 1,873 429 29.7% 7,708 2,976 -75.7%
1890 2,455 582 31.1% 10,103 3,901 -68.1%
1900 3,371 916 37.3% 13,872 5,356 -56.2%
1910 4,681 1,310 38.9% 19,263 7,438 -39.2%
1920 5,503 822 17.6% 22,646 8,744 -28.5%
1930 6,771 1,268 23.0% 27,864 10,758 -12.1%
1940 7,280 509 7.5% 29,959 11,567 -5.5%
1950 7,700 420 5.8% 31,687 12,234 0.0%
1960 7,560 (140) -1.8% 31,111 12,012 -1.8%
1970 7,600 40 0.5% 31,276 12,076 -1.3%
1980 6,719 (881) -11.6% 27,650 10,676 -12.7%
1990 6,945 226 3.4% 28,580 11,035 -9.8%
2000 7,565 620 8.9% 31,130 12,019 -1.8%
Peak Population 1950          

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