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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.
New York City's total population more than doubled between 1900 and 2010 (with a period of population stagnation between 1950 and 1990). [1] The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island experienced enormous population growth between 1900 and 2010, much higher than New York's average population growth. [ 1 ]
Population [9] Notes 1 New York: New York: 312,710: First city in the US to surpass 300,000. 2 Baltimore: Maryland: 102,313: Second city in the US, after New York, to surpass 100,000. 3 New Orleans: Louisiana: 102,193: New Orleans' rapid growth shows the increasing importance of Mississippi River trade before the advent of the railroad. 4 ...
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
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See 1966 New York City smog for a famous photograph by Neal Boenzi. It shows a black-and-white, panoramic view of New York City on November 24, 1966. A hazy, smoky gas overlays the entire city like a blanket, with a fairly clear skyline only in the far distance at the horizon. Near the closest buildings, the smog appears thin and wispy.
In age demographics: 6.5% of New York's population were under 5 years of age, 24.7% under 18, and 12.9% were 65 or older. Females made up 51.8% of the population. New York state has a fluctuating population growth rate, it has experienced some shrinkage in the 1970s and 1980s, but milder growth in the 1990s and the first decade of the 21st century.
1832 – Cholera pandemic reaches North America. It breaks out in New York City on June 26, peaks at 100 deaths per day during July, and finally abates in December. More than 3500 people die in the city, many in the lower-class neighborhoods, particularly Five Points. Another 80,000 people, one third of the population, are said to have fled the ...