The first table gives insights about the changes in New York’s population in 200 years from 1800 to 2000. While the other two tables show changes in five of New York’s districts, namely Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island over the same time period.
Overall, New York’s population increased over the surveyed time period. While the population of Manhattan continued to rise, its proportion of the total population declined. Opposingly, the other 4 districts populations increased along with their percentages in the total population.
On one hand, Manhattan is a bustling district of New York as shown in its rapid rise in population, from roughly 60000 citizens to almost 1.9 million in just 100 years. However, in the next century, Manhattan’s population saw a small decline to about 1.5 million people. On the other hand, the other districts’s populations have also increased from 18 thousand people to 1.5 million people in 1900. However, unlike Manhattan, the other districts’s population skyrocketed, increasing from 1.5 million to 6.4 million people, a drastic difference of 5 million people.
Moreover, Manhattan went from the most populated district of New York in 1800 with 74% of New Yorkers living there to only 19% by the year 2000. While in the other four districts the percentage of people living there increased at a rapid rate, almost doubling every 100 years from 24% in 1800 to 81% in 2000.