NYC is by far the biggest city in the United States, with an estimated 2016 population of 8.56 million. Since the first American census in 1790, it has held that place, and continues to have more than double the Los Angeles population, the second biggest city.
Chicago is the 3rd biggest city in the America, but has just 1/3 the number of people as NYC. New York City continues to have big influence and impact on the world’s economy, media, entertainment, art, education, scientific and technology research.
The city specs 5 separate boroughs: The Bronx, Staten Island, Queens, and Manhattan. As many as eight-hundred languages are spoken throughout the NYC, making it most diverse city in the planet it comes to linguistic multiplicity.
The guessed population for NYC in 2019 is 8,550,410. This reflects the growth of 375,500 people, a 4.6 percent increase, since the 2010 census recorded 8.175 million locals.
The biggest rise in NYC population happened in borough of Brooklyn, which presented a population rise of 5.3 percent between the 2010 census and 2016 guess. The second biggest change in the Bronx, which reflected a 5.1 percent rise, followed by State Island (1.2%), Manhattan (3.7%) and Queens (4.9%).
New York city demographics
In NYC, 44.6 percent of the population is white, 25.2 percent is black, and 11.9 percent are of Asian descent. Hispanics of any race represent approximately 27.5 percent of NYC population, while those who are of Asian descent represented the quickest-growing demographic between the 2000 and 2010 years. As a whole, the non-Hispanic white population of the city has reduced by about three percent.
The income difference between the citizens of NYC is extremely wide. According to the new census, the medium household income for a wealthy citizen was $188,699 per year, and the poorest medium revenue reported at $93,10. The city houses the highest number of billionaires and millionaires in the planet. Russia capital Moscow, follows in a close second.
NYC has the biggest population density in the America, far ahead of a second place San Francisco. In general, 26,405 people live in each square mile, and in Mahattan, that number is over 66,000 per square mile.
NYC population projections
NYC population is guessed to each nine million by 2040, based on recent projections created by the New York City hotels. Among the five boroughs, the Bronx growth is guessed to be highest at 14 percent between 2010 and 2040.
If these projections are correct, Brooklyn will spread its lead over Queens as the biggest borough in NYC, growing to nearly three million by 2014.
