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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.
[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]
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
New York City experienced the largest total population drop by a city up to this point in American history, recording 820,000 fewer people in 1980 than ten years before. The city government was crippled by severe financial strains and near bankruptcy as a result of its declining tax base during the 1970s, until being bailed out by the federal ...
New York City grew by a healthy 7%, or about 630,000 people, defying predictions about lackluster growth in the five boroughs. 2020 Census shows NYC’s diverse population grew to unexpected 8.8M ...
(The Center Square) — New York's population could decline by more than 2 million people over the next 25 years as fewer people are born in the state and more people move out, according to a new ...
New York City United States 8,335,897 North America 2022 [26] City: Ahmedabad India 8,253,226 Asia 2021 [27] Municipal corporation: Bogotá Colombia 7,732,161 South America 2020 [28] Distrito Capital: Surat India 7,567,538 Asia 2021 [29] Municipal corporation: Nanjing China 7,519,814 Asia 2020 [1] Sub-provincial City (urban) Hong Kong China ...
In this year’s World Happiness Report, the U.S. fell from No. 15 to No. 23 on the list. This is the first time the U.S. has not been one of the top 20 happiest places in the report’s history.