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Populations before 1898 are for the areas now enclosed in the present boroughs. Since 1914, each of New York City's five boroughs has been coextensive with a county of New York State – unlike most U.S. cities, which lie within a single county or extend partially into another county, constitute a county in themselves, or are completely ...
New York City's five boroughs. ... Land area Density of population GDP; Borough County Census (2020) square miles square km ... New York. 1,694,251 22.7 58.7
The superlative demographics of NYC’s five boroughs have been freshly mapped. A free, interactive online tool managed by the Department of City Planning has been updated with 2020 Census data ...
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.
Based on data from the 2020 census, New York City comprises about 43.6% of the state's population of 20,202,320, [4] and about 39% of the population of the New York metropolitan area. [246] The majority of New York City residents in 2020 (5,141,539 or 58.4%) were living in Brooklyn or Queens, the two boroughs on Long Island. [ 247 ]
New York County, coterminous with the New York City borough of Manhattan, is the most densely populated U.S. county, with a density of 70,825.6/sq mi (27,345.9/km 2) as of 2013. In 1910, it reached a peak of 101,548/sq mi (39,208/km 2). The county is one of the original counties of New York State.
Queens is the largest by area of the five boroughs of New York City, coextensive with Queens County, in the U.S. state of New York.Located near the western end of Long Island, it is bordered by the borough of Brooklyn [5] and by Nassau County to its east, and shares maritime borders with the boroughs of Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island, as well as with New Jersey. [6]
The five boroughs of New York City. New York City is located on the coast of the Northeastern United States at the mouth of the Hudson River in southeastern New York state. It is located in the New York–New Jersey Harbor Estuary, the centerpiece of which is the New York Harbor, whose deep waters and sheltered bays helped the city grow in significance as a trading city.