Demographia

City of New York & Boroughs:
Population & Population Density from 1790
6 Tables

POPULATION (In Thousands)
Year Total Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
1790 49 32 2 5 6 4
1800 79 61 2 6 7 5
1810 120 96 3 8 7 5
1820 152 123 3 11 8 6
1830 242 203 3 21 9 7
1840 391 313 5 47 14 11
1850 696 516 8 139 19 15
1860 1,175 814 24 279 33 25
1870 1,478 942 37 420 45 33
1880 1,912 1,165 52 599 57 39
1890 2,507 1,441 89 838 87 52
1900 3,437 1,850 201 1,167 153 67
1910 4,767 2,332 431 1,634 284 85
1920 5,621 2,284 732 2,018 469 117
1930 6,930 1,867 1,265 2,560 1,079 158
1940 7,455 1,890 1,395 2,698 1,297 174
1950 7,892 1,960 1,451 2,738 1,551 192
1960 7,782 1,698 1,425 2,627 1,810 222
1970 7,896 1,539 1,472 2,602 1,987 295
1980 7,072 1,428 1,169 2,231 1,891 352
1990 7,323 1,488 1,204 2,301 1,952 379
2000 8,008 1,537 1,333 2,465 2,229 443
Data from decennial US Census          
             
CHANGE IN POPULATION FROM PREVIOUS CENSUS (Thousands)
Year Total Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
1790            
1800 30 29 0 1 1 1
1810 41 35 1 2 0 0
1820 32 27 0 3 1 1
1830 90 80 0 10 1 1
1840 149 110 2 26 5 4
1850 305 203 3 92 5 4
1860 479 298 16 140 14 10
1870 303 128 13 141 12 8
1880 434 223 15 179 12 6
1890 595 276 37 239 30 13
1900 930 409 112 329 66 15
1910 1,330 482 230 467 131 18
1920 854 (48) 301 384 185 32
1930 1,309 (417) 533 542 610 41
1940 525 23 130 138 218 16
1950 437 70 56 40 254 18
1960 (110) (262) (26) (111) 259 30
1970 114 (159) 47 (25) 177 73
1980 (824) (111) (303) (371) (96) 57
1990 251 60 35 70 61 27
2000 685 49 129 164 277 64
Data from decennial US Census          
             
PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN POPULATION FROM PREVIOUS CENSUS
Year Total Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
1790            
1800 61.2% 90.6% 0.0% 20.0% 16.7% 25.0%
1810 51.9% 57.4% 50.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0%
1820 26.7% 28.1% 0.0% 37.5% 14.3% 20.0%
1830 59.2% 65.0% 0.0% 90.9% 12.5% 16.7%
1840 61.6% 54.2% 66.7% 123.8% 55.6% 57.1%
1850 78.0% 64.9% 60.0% 195.7% 35.7% 36.4%
1860 68.8% 57.8% 200.0% 100.7% 73.7% 66.7%
1870 25.8% 15.7% 54.2% 50.5% 36.4% 32.0%
1880 29.4% 23.7% 40.5% 42.6% 26.7% 18.2%
1890 31.1% 23.7% 71.2% 39.9% 52.6% 33.3%
1900 37.1% 28.4% 125.8% 39.3% 75.9% 28.8%
1910 38.7% 26.1% 114.4% 40.0% 85.6% 26.9%
1920 17.9% -2.1% 69.8% 23.5% 65.1% 37.6%
1930 23.3% -18.3% 72.8% 26.9% 130.1% 35.0%
1940 7.6% 1.2% 10.3% 5.4% 20.2% 10.1%
1950 5.9% 3.7% 4.0% 1.5% 19.6% 10.3%
1960 -1.4% -13.4% -1.8% -4.1% 16.7% 15.6%
1970 1.5% -9.4% 3.3% -1.0% 9.8% 32.9%
1980 -10.4% -7.2% -20.6% -14.3% -4.8% 19.3%
1990 3.5% 4.2% 3.0% 3.1% 3.2% 7.7%
2000 9.4% 3.3% 10.7% 7.1% 14.2% 17.0%
Data from decennial US Census          
             
POPULATION DENSITY PER SQUARE MILE (Present Land Area)
Year Total Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
1790 162 1,455 48 71 55 68
1800 262 2,773 48 86 64 85
1810 397 4,364 71 114 64 85
1820 503 5,591 71 157 73 102
1830 801 9,227 71 300 83 119
1840 1,295 14,227 119 671 128 186
1850 2,305 23,455 190 1,986 174 254
1860 3,891 37,000 571 3,986