Chart by AwesomePotato170 First published: Wednesday June 25th, 2025
This is a line chart displaying the growth of the populations of The Bronx (Bronx County), Brooklyn (Kings County), Manhattan (New York County), Queens (Queens County), and Staten Island (Richmond County) from year 1698 to 2025.
All years ending in 0 use census data; other years are official estimates also from the Census Bureau.
'11 through '19 were estimates from either the New York state government or the federal Census Bureau, and I guess it was believed that NYC had hit its peak and emigration had begun to take a toll. 2020's numbers differed noticeably because they were results from the census, which literally enumerated the populations. Turns out estimation accuracy has a long way to go!
