The given tables illustrate the changes in population of New York city in the 200-year period (1800-2000). Overall, the populations of New York city experienced an intense rise during the surveyed years and distributed evenly despite the decline in that of Manhattan.
In 1800, it is recorded that there were roughly 79 thousand citizens living in New York city with 76% of them living in Manhattan (about 60 thousand). Turning to 1900, the number of people living in New York city boomed immensely to nearly 3.5 million people with Manhattan’s inhabitants occupying more than half of the population. However, it is noticeable that in the same year, the residents of other districts (Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) also experienced an immense surge, from 18 thousand to over 1.5 million, balancing the distribution of the total population among Manhattan and other districts- respectively 56 percent and 46 percent.
By 2000, New York was home of 8 million individuals with a drastic rotation in its proportion. 81 percent of people residing in New York came from other districts, which had significantly surpassed the 19 percent of Manhattan. Furthermore, Manhattan was the outsider in this surging momentum as it suffered a 300-hundred decrease in its total residents, falling down to 1.5 million.