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Summary
New York City borough population from 1790 to 2000. Figures in millions.
The Bronx
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Queens
Staten Island
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Data
Data from 1790 - 1890 was collected from Historical Census Browser archive copy at the Wayback Machine.
Data from 1900 - 1990 was collected from Population of the 100 Largest Cities and Other Urban Places in the United States: 1790 to 1990 (New York footnote)
Data from 2000 was collected from 2000 Census archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Notes
Queens County data from 1790 to 1890 includes all of Queens County, which included modern day Nassau County.
Bronx County data from 1790 to 1890 is based on total Westchester County population.
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