Band 8+: The first table below shows changes in the total population of New York City from 1800 to 2000. The second and third tables show changes in the population of the five districts of the city (Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island) over the same period. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The table demonstrates the number of citizens in New York and all its five boroughs in the early years of three centuries, between 1800 and 2000. The population in the whole city increased more than one hundred times, from about eighty thousand to slightly more than eight million. Furthermore, Manhattan held 3/4 of the people of the whole city in the year 1800, but its percentage fell dramatically to 19% in 2000.

The total number of New York citizens rose heavily in 1900 relative to 1800. The increase was approximately 3.3 million humans, or more than 30 times. However, in the next one hundred years, the increase was only two times, from almost 3.5 million to 8 million in 2000.

The main part of the New York population in 1800 lived in the Manhattan district. The situation changed seriously in 1900; there were only half of the New York people. The development of other districts continued in the next century, ending with more than 80% of people located in them, leaving only 19%, or 1.5 million of 8 million, in the Manhattan district.