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  2. Demographics of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Demographics of New York City. Population pyramid of New York City in 2021. Population. 8,260,000 (2023 est.) New York City is a large and ethnically diverse metropolis. [1] It is the largest city in the United States with a long history of international immigration. The New York region continues to be by far the leading metropolitan gateway ...

  3. List of United States cities by population density - Wikipedia

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    The skyscrapers of Center City, Philadelphia, the downtown part of the city, from the South Street Bridge. New York City, Chicago, and Philadelphia are the only incorporated places in the United States that have a population over 1,000,000 and a population density over 10,000 people per square mile. Population.

  4. New York City - Wikipedia

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    Interactive map outlining New York City. ... 1st in New York State • Density: ... New York City's population jumped from 123,706 in 1820 (10,886 of whom were Black ...

  5. Demographics of Manhattan - Wikipedia

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    As of the 2020 census, the population density of New York County was 74,870.7 inhabitants per square mile (28,907.7/km 2), the highest population density of any county in the United States. In 1910, at the height of European immigration to New York, Manhattan's population density reached a peak of 101,548 people per square mile (39,208 people ...

  6. Metropolitan statistical area - Wikipedia

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    The statistical criteria for a standard metropolitan area were defined in 1949 and redefined as a metropolitan statistical area in 1983. [3] A typical metropolitan area is polycentric and no longer monocentric due to suburbanization of employment and has a large historic core city, such as New York City or Chicago. [4]

  7. Demographic history of New York City - Wikipedia

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    Overview. The population of New York City was over 90% Non-Hispanic White until the post-World War II era. [1] Large numbers of Blacks, Hispanics, or Asians began settling in Manhattan in the 1920s and in the rest of NYC after World War II. [1] The slowest area in the city to change its racial makeup was Staten Island, which was the only ...

  8. New York metropolitan area - Wikipedia

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    The New York metropolitan area is the most populous metropolitan statistical area in the United States with 20.1 million residents, or slightly over 6% of the nation's total population, as of 2020. [8] The combined statistical area includes 23.6 million residents as of 2020. [16] [17] It is one of the largest urban agglomerations in the world.

  9. Demographics of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    2020 Census. The State of New York in the 2020 Census had a population of 20,201,249 and the racial makeup was 52.5% Non-Hispanic White, 19.5% Hispanic or Latino, 14.8% Black, 9.6% Asian, 0.7% Native American, and 0.1% Pacific Islander. [9] New York ethnic distribution, 2000. According to 2004 estimates, 20.4% of the population was foreign-born.