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The story of 1977 in New York City is later featured in such works as the film Summer of Sam by Spike Lee, the best-selling book Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bronx Is Burning, and the television drama The Bronx is Burning. October 12: CitiCorp Center opens. Drawing Center established.
[52] [53] By 2013, the population of foreign-born individuals living in New York City had increased to 3.07 million, and as a percentage of total population, was the highest it had been in the past 100 years. [54] Throughout its history, New York City has been a principal port of entry for immigration to the United States.
A large percentage of the immigrants that came to New York City after 1965 were from non-European countries. [5] Large numbers of Irish people arrived in New York City during the Great Famine in the 1840s, while Germans, Italians, Jews, and other European ethnic groups arrived in NYC mostly during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [5]
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The New York metropolitan area, broadly referred to as the Tri-State area and often also called Greater New York, is the largest metropolitan economy in the world, with a gross metropolitan product of over US$2.6 trillion, [10] and the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass, [11] [12] encompassing 4,669.0 sq mi (12,093 km 2). [13]
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 ...
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 Philadelphia: Pennsylvania ...
(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 ...