Three tables demonstrate demographic changes in the city and its districts, namely New York, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island over the period between 1800 and 2000.
Overall, the total number of New York’s population grew in all districts. Manhattan had the biggest share of the population at the beginning; however, it sharply decreased by the end of the period.
The population of Manhattan accounted for 76 percent (60,515) of New York’s population in 1800. In 1900, the share of Manhattan’s citizens started decreasing, while the population of other districts was going up. Ultimately, the percentage of Manhattan and other districts almost equaled, as Manhattan represented 54 percent and the other five districts 46 percent.
The number of New York’s inhabitants multiplied by approximately 101, from 79,216 to 8,009,185 in three centuries. The population size of Manhattan and other districts increased in numbers but decreased in accounting percentages compared to Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island. In 2000, 1,538,096 people inhabited Manhattan and 6,471,089 the other districts.