> 1950, 10% of Americans lived in NYC The share of Americans living in NYC hasn't fallen all that much: 12M in 1950 to 19M in 2021 [1], during which the US pop

> 1950, 10% of Americans lived in NYC The share of Americans living in NYC hasn't fallen all that much: 12M in 1950 to 19M in 2021 [1], during which the US population has gone from 151M to 332M. So 8% to 6%. [1] https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/23083/new-york-city/population https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/23083/new-york-city/popul...