The given tables provide information on the population of New York City across a two century period, from 1800 to 2000, with a further district-wise categorisation: Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island, where Manhattan has been exclusively depicted, while the others have been grouped. Overall, the data in the first table evidently reveals that the population of New York City had witnessed roughly a ten-fold increase within a span of two centuries. Moreover, At the commencement of the period surveyed, Manhattan had accounted for a major proportion of the total population. However, by the dawn of the 21st century, this figure had fallen sharply to represent the minority. Conversely, the other four districts had evolved from once being the minority, to gradually increasing to form a significant percentage of the total population.
By the 1800s, the population of New York stood at 79,216. Over the course of the next hundred years, this figure rose to approximately 3.5 million and at the turn of the 20th century, the population had reached a staggering 8 million.
Manhattan’s population amounted to 60,515 which accounted for 76% of the total tally. Despite the population climbing to 1.85 million by the 1900s, nearly a three-fold increase, the figure in terms of proportion had dwindled to 54%. At the outset of the 21st century, the population of Manhattan had descended to 1,538,096 accounting for a meagre 19% of the total NYC population.
With regards to the rest of the five districts, on the whole the cumulative population had risen from 18,701 in 1800 to 1,587,109 in 1900 before witnessing another substantial surge to nearly 6.5 million by 2000. In terms of the percentage of the total population, the figure markedly increased from 1800 to 1900, standing at 24% and 46% respectively. Additionally, within a span of a hundred years, this figure had soared to represent 81% of the total NYC population.