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Census Data: Manhattan's <em>So</em> Over
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Jaya Saxena
Published Mar 24, 2010
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According to Census data released yesterday, the population of Manhattan dropped by 2,545 people from 2008 to 2009. While the borough still shows an overall gain since 2000—from 1,540,373 to 1,629,054—it's the first time the population has dropped in the past ten years.
From the looks of it, those people may have relocated to the outer boroughs. Brooklyn's population rose to 2,567,098, beating out Queens at 2,306,712. Manhattan was the only borough to drop in population from 2008 to 2009, the biggest factor being the difference between those who left the borough and the number who moved in from elsewhere in the country. This change may be attributed to the financial crisis. Andrew A. Beveridge, a Queens College sociologist, told the NY Times, "Obviously the financial sector is hurting and not drawing the people in that it used to."
Some more interesting data: Though less people are coming in, the whole city's population still grew by about 45,000 in the past year. That may be attributed a net gain of 57,000 immigrants. And the Post shows that though 1.7 million people left the state since 2000, they were replaced an influx of immigrants and births. Lastly, for the first time this decade, more people moved into Queens than moved out. Does this mean Queens is the new Brooklyn? Thursday Styles profile in 3...2...1
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