White ancestries. White Americans make up 44.6% of New York City's population. According to the survey, there were 3,704,243 White Americans residing in New York City. White Americans of non-Hispanic origin make up 35.1% of the city's population.
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Population of the 20 Largest U.S. Cities, 1900? 2012.
| Rank | 1. |
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| 1900 | Place | New York, N.Y. |
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| Population | 3,437,202 |
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| 1920 | Place | New York, N.Y. |
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| 1940 | Place | New York, N.Y. |
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There are more women than men in New York. The total population of New York is estimated at 19,746,227 people with 9,581,261 male and 10,164,966 female. There are 583,705 more women than men in the state, which is 2.96% of the total population. The New York Gender Ratio is 94 men to 100 women (94:100) or 0.94.
The nickname "The Big Apple" originated in the 1920s in reference to the prizes (or "big apples") rewarded at the many racing courses in and around New York City. However, it wasn't officially adopted as the city's nickname until 1971 as the result of a successful ad campaign intended to attract tourists.
London's stood at 8.3 million, while NYC stood at 8.4 million. London, however, has much more room for its inhabitants — it's 138 square miles bigger than NYC. So it's pretty safe to say that New York is way more crowded than London.
percent of New York City residents are white, 26 percent are Hispanic, 26 percent are black, and 13 percent are Asian. 1 Figure A reports the city's racial/ethnic makeup in each of the past three decennial censuses, and Table 1 compares the trends in the city to those of the nation's four other largest cities.
Roughly 64% of the state's population lives in the New York City metropolitan area and 40% in New York City alone.
Table 1: Estimated Population by Age, Sex and Region, New York State - 2010
| New York State |
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| Age | Total | Male |
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| 85+ | 249,468 | 79,413 |
| New York City |
| Total | 8,175,133 | 3,882,544 |
In 2020 and 2019, New York had the largest population declines of any state in the nation, with its population falling by almost 200,000 over the two years. In 2018, the Census Bureau estimated New York lost about 48,500 residents.
However in the 1860s a wave of immigration from Italy began that became a flood by the end of the century. Between 1900 and 1914, almost two million Italians emigrated to America, most arriving in New York. Most Italian immigrants came from southern Italy and were contadini (landless farmers) fleeing severe poverty.
New York City continues to have one of the most diverse Latino populations in the United States. The largest Latino groups in New York City are Puerto Ricans (29 percent), Dominicans 27 percent), Mexicans (13 percent), Ecuadorans (8 percent) and Colombians (4 percent).
Although boroughs like Brooklyn used to be filled with Italian neighborhoods, many people moved out of the area after several manufacturing plants were closed down. But small as they might be, Italian neighborhoods still exist. You may have to hop on the subway and leave the island of Manhattan, but they are there.
35,000 people per square mile
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| POPULATION (In Thousands) |
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| Year | Total | Manhattan |
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| 1790 | 49 | 32 |
| 1800 | 79 | 61 |
| 1810 | 120 | 96 |
