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Fun fact, 2022 population in NYC is just 6% higher than it was in 1950. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wik
by rr808 3y ago
Fun fact, 2022 population in NYC is just 6% higher than it was in 1950. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_New_York_City. (though probably is more like 10% this year)
- rootusrootus 3y agoIIRC the average household size in 1950 was around 3.5, and the average household size now is more like 2.5.
- metaphor 3y agoMore precisely[1]: - all households, all ages - 1950 = 3.37 - 2022 = 2.50 - family households, all ages - 1950 = 3.54 - 2022 = 3.13 [1] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/families/time-series/households/hh6.xls https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/demo/tables/familie...
- woodruffw 3y agoThe numbers here are kind of funky: NYC's population is larger than it was in 1950, but population has also sprawled significantly since then. Manhattan lost 300,000 people since 1950 (and is down nearly a million since its peak in the 1910s)[1], but the other boroughs have all stayed roughly flat (Brooklyn, the Bronx) or grown substantially (Queens, Staten Island). (This doesn't contradict your statement; only that the city's overall growth patterns can be misleading under a single number!) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan#Demographics https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan#Demographics
- CapitalistCartr 3y agoAnd Manhattan's population peaked in 1950, been lower ever since.
- woodruffw 3y agoManhattan's population peaked in 1910. It's gone up, down, and up again since 1950.