The provided tables illustrate three distinct pieces of data. The first table depicts changes in the overall population of New York City in the years between 1800 and 2000. The remaining tables represent alterations in the population of the five districts of the city [ Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island] over the same period.
Overall, the population of the New York City rose significantly, as well as the five districts show similar trends over the given period. Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten Island made up to majority of the city’s population, the percentage of Manhattan had decreased dramatically.
As regards Manhattan, the number of population made up most of the population of New York City which is 76%[60515]. However, the percentage slowly dropped to 19% even though the population reached 1.5 million.
Furthermore, the population of the other districts increased from 18701[24%] to 6.4 million[81%] which is much higher than Manhattan.
