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The Jewish population in New York City exploded from 80,000 Jews in 1880 to 1.5 million in 1920, as Jews from Eastern Europe fled pogroms and discrimination. [100] The Jewish population peaked at 2.2 million in 1940. A large portion of the population suburbanized after World War II, [94] as a part of the larger trend of White flight.
4 Brooklyn: New York: 806,343: This is the last census where the City of Brooklyn is counted as an independent city. Brooklyn would be politically absorbed into New York City in 1898 and have its population counted as a component of the latter city's figure from the Twelfth census onward. 5 St. Louis: Missouri: 451,770: 6 Boston: Massachusetts ...
Based on data from the 2020 census, New York City comprises about 43.6% of the state's population of 20,202,320, [4] and about 39% of the population of the New York metropolitan area. [246] The majority of New York City residents in 2020 (5,141,539 or 58.4%) were living in Brooklyn or Queens, the two boroughs on Long Island. [ 247 ]
Population Year Notes Mexico City Mexico: 21,804,515 2020 [1] New York United States: 19,563,798 2022 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area [2] Los Angeles United States: 12,870,137 2022 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA Metro Area [2] Chicago United States: 9,279,427 2022 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area [2] Dallas–Fort Worth
This is a list of the 50 largest cities in the Americas by population residing within city limits based on the most recent official census results, estimates, or short-term projections available for all of these cities, which refer to mid-2020 populations.
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[2] [3] Right before World War I over 40% of New York City's total population was composed of immigrants. [2] After immigration restrictions were passed in the 1920s, immigrants as a percentage of New York's total population dropped to 18% in 1970, before rebounding back up to 36% in 2000. [2]
As of the 2020 census, Manhattan's population had increased by 6.8% over the decade to 1,694,250, representing 19.2% of New York City's population of 8,804,194 and 8.4% of New York State's population of 20,201,230. [4] The population density of New York County was 70,450.8 inhabitants per square mile (27,201.2/km 2) in 2022, the highest ...