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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.
Population [25] Notes 1 New York: New York: 7,322,564: New York City gained population during the 1980s after heavy losses in the 1970s. 2 Los Angeles: California: 3,485,398: Los Angeles becomes the nation's second largest city in 1982. Third U.S. city (and first on the American West Coast, or in California) to surpass 3 million. 3 Chicago ...
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Vital registration systems that include medical certification of the cause of death captured about 18.8 million deaths of an estimated annual total of 51.7 million deaths in 2005, which is the latest year for which the largest number of countries reported deaths from a vital registration system.
Throughout this period, New York City remained a hub for immigrants, with the foreign-born population peaking at 37.51% in 2010. Overall, these trends reflect the transformation of New York City into an increasingly multicultural metropolis, with a progressive homogenization of the proportions of the different racial groups that live in the city.
New York City's population exceeded 8 million for the first time in the 2000 census; [137] further records were set in the 2010 and 2020 censuses. [138] Important new economic sectors, such as Silicon Alley, emerged. [139] The World Trade Center, in Lower Manhattan, during the September 11 attacks in 2001
The New York City Municipal Archives preserves and makes available more than 10 million historical vital records (birth, marriage and death certificates) for all five boroughs (Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens and Staten Island). Researchers have open access to the indexes, and both microfilmed and digital copies of vital records on-site ...
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