The first table illustrates modifications in the total population in New York City between 1800 and 2000. During the same period, the second and third tables also compare how residence of the five districts of the city changed.
Overall, there was an increase in the total number of people living in New York City over the period. While the figure for four districts (except Manhattan) followed the same pattern, Manhattan experienced dramatic changes. In addition, the percentage of population in Manhattan accounted for two significant proportion from 1800 and 1900, wheareas other districts made up similarly in the final year.
In the first table, it could be seen that there were 79,216 people residing in New York City in 1800. The number increased dramatically to 3,437,202 people in 1900 and finally stood at 8,009,185 in the final year. In terms of the second table, there were 60,515 residents in Mahattan in 1800. In 1900, the number was twice as much as in 1800, which were 1,850,093 people. But the figure for it dropped slightly by more than 300 in 2000. Furthermore, the population in the first two years in Manhattan exceeded with the number of residents in four districts during the same time which were 18,701 and 1,587,109, respectively. In 2000, it was recorded that people living in these districts soared to 6.471,089 people.
Regard of percentage of total population, the proportions of Manhattan made up 76% and 54% in 1800 and 1900, becoming the massive rates in both years compared with four other districts, which were 24% and 46%. In 2000, the percent of residence in Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island accounted for 81% of the total population, which was four as much as Manhattan.