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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 ...
City of New York population by year [1] [2] [3]; 1656: 1,000 1690: 6,000 1790: 33,131 1800: 60,515 1810: 96,373 1820: 123,706 1830: 202,589 1840: 312,710 1850: ...
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'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 slowest area in the city to change its racial makeup was Staten Island, which was the only borough of New York City to retain a White majority after the 1980s. [1] Between 1900 and 2010, New York City's total Black population increased by about thirty-five times, while its Asian population increased by over one-hundred-and-fifty times over ...
[158] [159] As of 2011, 55.6% of New York's population younger than age 1 were minorities. [160] New York's robustly increasing Jewish population, the largest outside of Israel, [161] was the highest among states both by percentage and by absolute number in 2012. [162]
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.