Band 6+: 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.

There are three tables illustrate the transformation of the population in New York City and its five districts, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, Staten Island between 1800 to 2000.

Overall, it is clear that the amount of people in New York showed a sharply upward trend over the period. For the population in five areas, in the first year, Manhattan accounted for the largest percentage while overtook by other regions in 2000.

In the beginning, total population in New York was merely 79,216, it rose to 3,437,200 a hundred year later, reaching its peak at 8,009,185, which was over hundred time compared to 1800, at the end of the period.

Moving to the number of residents in various locations, Manhattan secured the first place, representing 76% in 1800 compared to other zones where only comprised 24%. However, the population showed a reverse trend in the following years. In 1900, the percentage of total inhabitants gradually was getting closer and closer and then ratio of total population in other districts surpassed that in Manhattan in 2000.