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The median age in New York City in 2000 was 34 years. For every 100 females, there were 90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86 males. During the 2000s, Manhattan experienced a "baby boom" unique among U.S. cities. Between 2000 and 2007, the number of children under age 5 living in Manhattan grew by more than 32%. [29]
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 [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
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
[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 ]
Brooklyn's estimated population represented 30.7% of New York City's estimated population of 8,336,817; 33.5% of Long Island's population of 7,701,172; and 13.2% of New York State's population of 19,542,209. [96] In 2020, the government of New York City projected Brooklyn's population at 2,648,403. [97]
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.