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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 3,986 303 424
1870 4,894 42,818 881 6,000 413 559
1880 6,331 52,955 1,238 8,557 523 661
1890 8,301 65,500 2,119 11,971 798 881
1900 11,381 84,091 4,786 16,671 1,404 1,136
1910 15,785 106,000 10,262 23,343 2,606 1,441
1920 18,613 103,818 17,429 28,829 4,303 1,983
1930 22,947 84,864 30,119 36,571 9,899 2,678
1940 24,685 85,909 33,214 38,543 11,899 2,949
1950 26,132 89,091 34,548 39,114 14,229 3,254
1960 25,768 77,182 33,929 37,529 16,606 3,763
1970 26,146 69,955 35,048 37,171 18,229 5,000
1980 23,417 64,909 27,833 31,871 17,349 5,966
1990 24,248 67,636 28,667 32,871 17,908 6,424
2000 26,517 69,873 31,730 35,219 20,453 7,513
Land Area 302 22 42 70 109 59
             
POPULATION DENSITY PER SQUARE KILOMETER (Present Land Area)
Year Total Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
1790 63 562 18 28 21 26
1800 101 1,071 18 33 25 33
1810 153 1,685 28 44 25 33
1820 194 2,159 28 61 28 39
1830 309 3,563 28 116 32 46
1840 500 5,493 46 259 50 72
1850 890 9,056 74 767 67 98
1860 1,502 14,286 221 1,539 117 164
1870 1,890 16,532 340 2,317 159 216
1880 2,444 20,446 478 3,304 202 255
1890 3,205 25,290 818 4,622 308 340
1900 4,394 32,468 1,848 6,437 542 438
1910 6,095 40,927 3,962 9,013 1,006 556
1920 7,186 40,084 6,729 11,131 1,661 766
1930 8,860 32,766 11,629 14,120 3,822 1,034
1940 9,531 33,170 12,824 14,881 4,594 1,139
1950 10,090 34,398 13,339 15,102 5,494 1,256
1960 9,949 29,800 13,100 14,490 6,411 1,453
1970 10,095 27,009 13,532 14,352 7,038 1,931
1980 9,041 25,061 10,746 12,306 6,698 2,304
1990 9,362 26,114 11,068 12,692 6,914 2,480
2000 10,238 26,978 12,251 13,598 7,897 2,901
Land Area 782 57 109 181 282 153
             
COMPARISON OF POPULATION TO PEAK
Year Total Manhattan Bronx Brooklyn Queens Staten Island
1790 -99.4% -98.6% -99.9% -99.8% -99.7% -99.1%
1800 -99.0% -97.4% -99.9% -99.8% -99.7% -98.9%
1810 -98.5% -95.9% -99.8% -99.7% -99.7% -98.9%
1820 -98.1% -94.7% -99.8% -99.6% -99.6% -98.6%
1830 -97.0% -91.3% -99.8% -99.2% -99.6% -98.4%
1840 -95.1% -86.6% -99.7% -98.3% -99.4% -97.5%
1850 -91.3% -77.9% -99.5% -94.9% -99.1% -96.6%
1860 -85.3% -65.1% -98.4% -89.8% -98.5% -94.4%
1870 -81.5% -59.6% -97.5% -84.7% -98.0% -92.6%
1880 -76.1% -50.0% -96.5% -78.1% -97.4% -91.2%
1890 -68.7% -38.2% -94.0% -69.4% -96.1% -88.3%
1900 -57.1% -20.7% -86.3% -57.4% -93.1% -84.9%
1910 -40.5% 0.0% -70.7% -40.3% -87.3% -80.8%
1920 -29.8% -2.1% -50.3% -26.3% -79.0% -73.6%
1930 -13.5% -19.9% -14.1% -6.5% -51.6% -64.4%
1940 -6.9% -19.0% -5.2% -1.5% -41.8% -60.7%
1950 -1.5% -16.0% -1.4% 0.0% -30.4% -56.7%
1960 -2.8% -27.2% -3.2% -4.1% -18.8% -49.9%
1970 -1.4% -34.0% 0.0% -5.0% -10.9% -33.5%
1980 -11.7% -38.8% -20.6% -18.5% -15.2% -20.6%
1990 -8.6% -36.2% -18.2% -16.0% -12.4% -14.5%
2000 0.0% -34.1% -9.5% -10.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Peak Population 2000 1910 1970 1950 2000 2000

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